christmas eve

this evening we went to mom and dad's house to have our christmas eve lasagna dinner with mom, dad, jenn, don and rainah. jessica and justin were making their way back here from florida and should be at the airport as we speak. such a shame, too, cuz the new lasagna i made was a huge hit! oh well, there are always leftovers.
hayden refused to eat his lasagna which meant no christmas cookies for him. whoever heard of christmas eve with no cookies?! well, maybe one day he'll learn. but i doubt that.
mom tried reading the christmas story to all three grandkids. it worked for a few minutes and then chaos broke out and the only kid left sitting and paying any attention was talan. and that's probably because mom was holding him down. but it was still a great photo op.
we came back home and hayden put out cookies for santa (licking his fingers after putting the cookies down as that was the only taste of cookie he was getting tonite) and then opened up a christmas eve present that we had for him and talan. each got an ornament for the tree and a christmas book. hayden helped talan out since he was fast asleep in his car seat still.
now both children are in bed and waiting for santa to come. he'll be leaving presents for the boys here in their stockings and then he'll be leaving the rest of their presents under the tree at grandma's house. we'll be headed over around 8am to get the party started.
hope you all have a wonderful christmas!


merry christmas eve!!! from hayden and talan:
story time started out so well:
and it all went downhill from here:
rainah walking to hayden:
the cookies are ready for santa:
bowling!:
opening his new christmas book:
this is what talan did while hayden opened his present:
talan's new "first christmas" ornament:
talan's new christmas book: