Merry Christmas!!!

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year, making many more memories to look back on! One of the highlights of the holiday was when putting boys to bed. We told them they needed to go to sleep or else Santa wouldn't come. Pete set an alarm for them, telling them they couldn't come wake us up until it went off at 5am (ugh-too early!). Peter and I, of course, stayed up a bit longer, watching a movie while we waited for them to fall asleep. After a little bit, I could hear Kristjan yelling from his room. Pete went to check on him to see what was wrong. Turns out he had been crying hysterically and was yelling for us to turn down the tv. He was upset because we weren't in bed yet and Santa wouldn't come if we weren't!! Pete and I couldn't keep a straight face. If he only knew!! After numerous times of reassuring him that Santa would come, he finally went to sleep. We played Santa, carefully setting out the loot and stuffing the stockings before going to bed ourselves. Christmas morning came wwwaaaayyy too early. We think the boys got up around 3am to get their stockings. Right at 5am they came jumping on our bed to tell us excitedly that Santa came! Seriously, you should've heard the hyperness in their voices lol. Once we crawled out of bed, the rest of the day consisted of gifts, food, naps, legos, phone calls and more naps :)

Usual Xmas Eve lunch buffet

Boys getting Santa's cookies frosted and decorated!

We usually eat out for Xmas Even dinner. Like last year, we decided to grab take-out and eat at home. Here are the boys eating pizza while we watch a movie as a family.

Xmas Eve gift opening: Christmas PJ's!! Clifford threw a tantrum over this. He wanted to open a toy. Silly boy...when will he learn that the xmas eve gift always consists of new pajamas??

Santa came!!

Few pics of Christmas gifts opening!