Every Year we go to Christmas Eve Mass at St. Pauls. It is the childrens Mass and we love it because the kids put on the Nativity Play during Mass. Some years my kids have been in it, but we officially go to St. Mary's now, so this year we were content to watch our friends.
Ben was a reader and Ethan was a shepherd
My mom got all of the kids monkeys for Christmas.
Please read the next post "Zoo Lights" to find out why this was so funny!
Sam had just finished telling the story!
We always take the kids to the dollar store and let them pick out gifts for eachother, Grammy and Papa and us (mom and dad). They really LOVE this tradition! They wrap their own gifts to everyone and they cant wait to give them to us on Christmas Eve. Mom and Dad do such a good job of being excited about their snow globes and coffee mugs!
They also get to open their gifts from Grammy and Papa!
They usually get their favorite gifts from them!
Papa with one of his two coffee mugs, one from Max and one from Lucy!
Max got Pancho a Barbie Doll, because Pancho always teases him about liking Barbies and Hannah Montana (which he DOES NOT by the way). This was Max's way of getting back at his Dad.
I got lots of Oregon stuff from the kids (my gifts were not from the dollar store) Pancho took them REAL shopping for me :) I like the dollar store gifts too though!
When we got home, we put the kids to bed and then Santa came!
We left out cookies and carrots for Santa and the reindeer and Sant aleft each one of the kids a note and a candy cane with a bell.
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