Here we are at Christmas Eve. I was still feeling pretty horrible, and some? of the boys had caught the flu by this point, but as you can see they are much more resilient than I was.
They are all smiles that morning in preparation to open up a traditional present from Mom & Dad.
Here is our Advent Wreath. As you can see...the candles barely lasted this year until Christmas. We were down to nubs! Every night at dinner we would take turns lighting the candles (and blowing them out) I hope this is a tradition the boys will look forward to each year.
We had to forgo the traditional Christmas Eve service and also party with friend because we were all sick. We laid low and did not much of anything. The boys did put out cookies (from a neighbor, since I was in no shape to bake) and carrots for the reindeer. Maverick got the job of carrying the carrots. You can see his tears that he was not too happy about this job!
We were able to calm Maverick down enough to get him to stop crying about leaving the plate of cookies out and turn around for a picture.
Once the big boys left the plate alone and went to read "Night Before Christmas" with mom, Maverick decided he'd be okay if he ate one of the cookies that we left for Santa. I guess it seemed crazy to him to leave a plate of cookies out and not eat them!
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