Christmas Eve - and all the visitors, gifts and fun that came with it - started early this morning!
Anika, Isaiah, Tyson, Kristin and Chuckie came for breakfast and presents :-) We were thrilled with our tutus, ballerina slippers, tiaras and princess gear. We also could NOT wait for Anika to open her Lalaloopsy Ferris Wheel -- we wanted to play with it, too!
After Chuckie headed to work, we got cleaned up - and into our Steelers gear. We loved our new sweatshirts - and made sure Uncle David saw them... A LOT! Then, we got messages from Santa on Grandma's computer... via the "Portable North Pole".
Check out some of the facial expressions as we listened to Santa, and learned if we were on the naughty (red light) or nice (green light) list:
Big Papa and Big Grandma came for the game - and that meant more presents for us! We each got new PJs, new dresses, new sweatshirts, and a game or puzzle.
During the second half of the game, Brooke managed to take a nap - and we managed to get everyone into their dresses for the early children's mass at church. During church, we sat with Little Grandma, Aunt Renee, Grandma and Papa. Neela slept through most of the mass. Kylie and Brooke took money up front for the offering, Brooke tried to "keep the change", and Kylie made her return it! Then, during the second collection, Brooke tried to sneak out of the pew. Mommy said, "they did not ask you to come forward," and Brooke responded with "then I can go backwards!".
After church, we took pictures before we got our dresses dirty. We managed to have some "normal" pictures of all of us... but "normal" is up to you!
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| Little Grandma with her girls |
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| Aunt Renee & the girls... (Uncle David was watching the 49ers!) |
Supper was fun, too! Kylie's favorite parts were sitting next to Big Papa and the pickles. Neela's stopped eating anything but pickles once Aunt Christy walked in the door - she even took the biggest one when Christy asked for it! Brooke loved pickles, too - but only the pickle part. Grandma got her "plain" pickles out of the fridge!
Then, it was on to the final gift opening... all the gifts from Grandma, Papa, Aunt Renee, Uncle David and Uncle Chuckie.
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| Brooke's Pooh blocks |
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| Brooke with her Rock-and-Roll Elmo Microphone & her tiara |
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| Kylie's Fijit |
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| Neela's Squinkie Boat |
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| Neela's Fairy Island & Kylie's Glitter Mountain |
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| Kylie & Mommy |
After the little people went to bed, it was time for the grown-ups to open gifts. Somehow, Brooke missed the "little people go to bed" part - and helped open every gift. She was very proud to be a big helper!
Twas the night before Christmas... and all through the house...
the only creature stirring was a teany Brooker Bear!
We can't wait for tomorrow!
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