Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve here at home this year.  We had a great meal and an evening full of exchanging gifts.

 

Day, Paw, Mommy, and Daddy started off the evening for the kids by sending them around the house on a scavenger hunt to find clues that would eventually lead to their Christmas gift.  They collected a number of "clues" including a bundle of Disney movies, Mickey Mouse ears, and opened presents that contained Lightening McQueen and Cinderella sweatshirts.  It didn't take long for Luke to put together to clues that we were taking them to Disneyland!  They were both very excited ... and Mia loved her Cinderella sweatshirt so much that she wore it all night.

 

Another favorite gift came from Uncle James, Aunt Kate, Frederick, and Jacqueline.  The kids both received LeapPads.  As you can see below, they were hooked from the beginning.  Uncle Todd and Aunt Michelle set them up with some LeapPad games, and the Vitiellos took care of cases, accessories, and a few more games.  Lucky kids!

Luke was just darling this year and was SO excited to wrap up an old toy of his to give to Mia for Christmas.  This was completely his idea.  He wanted to give her his FisherPrice XL game because he felt like he didn't play much with it anymore and that she seemed to like it.  So, he wrapped it up and made her a card to go along with it.  Here he is presenting it to her.

After a long, exciting night everyone drifted off to sleep and Santa Claus came to visit!