Christmas Eve

 We had a nice Christmas Eve at home.

The kids were very excited for Christmas.

 

I made some goodies in the morning and we had a dinner of cheese, veggies, fruits, crackers, meats and dips.  I made some spinach artichoke dip, which I liked.

Some of our snacks.

We had a little Christmas Eve program.  Anna was a shepherd and Matthew a wiseman in our Christmas story.  They also doubled as Mary and Joseph since we had a small cast.  :)

Here is Matthew the wise man bringing gifts to baby Jesus.

They liked being in a "show."

We sang some Christmas songs and then opened a special Christmas Eve gift from Grandma and Grandpa Guptill - special Christmas jammies! 

The kids loved them!!  Thanks Ma2 and Pa2!

Before bed Matthew and Anna left out a plate of goodies for Santa.  They were very thorough in their preparations.

I think Matthew wrote the blue note - "To Santa" and Anna drew a picture on the white note.  They offered him both water and milk for a drink 'cause they couldn't decide which he would like more.  I thought they would be up late, but they both fell asleep within fifteen minutes of going to bed.  They were beat from all the excitement!