Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve we spend with Pops.  The kids are always excited to open presents early.

We opened presents, watched the first half of the redskins game and then went out for a late lunch/early dinner.  His dad loves ynot pizza - its a local chain in this area so that's where we went.  Colin ordered this meat lovers pizza and then as Joel was ordering we asked for it to be on a gluten free crust.  They have that option on the menu but Joel didn't want gluten free.  He piped up quick and loud "I WANT GLUTEN! I LOVE GLUTEN!!!"  The waitress died laughing.  She wrote something down on her paper which calmed Joel down.  Then she brought the gluten free crust pizza for Joel. He was oblivious and enjoyed every bite. 

Then we went to a candlelight service at our church. 

The kids were so excited that night and had trouble falling asleep.  I told Joel that Santa was seen in Maine and he needed to go to bed really quick.  That worked for him.... until 1am when he woke Brent up saying it was Christmas.  Technically yes, but sorry kid you need to go back to sleep. 

Colin was so excited he had trouble falling asleep.  He asked me if we had any sleeping pills because he just couldn't fall asleep. I sang Christmas songs to him for a long time.  He finally fell asleep.  I love how excited the kids get but at the same time please go to sleep kids because Santa needs to fill your stockings!