Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is always such an exciting day. Most of the work all done, and the anticipation is so high. We went to the 3:00 Children's Christmas Eve service and saw lots of friends there. It was particularly nice to see the Feighners in town from New Jersey. After Church we headed to Dallas and met my parents and Uncle Newman and Aunt Diane for dinner at Olive Garden. That is the first time I can remember eating out on Christmas Eve, and I really enjoyed that. It was nice to make a mess and leave! After we got home the kids were able to open up their Christmas Pajamas, and then after their showers, we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and ate the cake we made earlier in the day for Him. Then we decided to check out where Santa was on the Santa tracker. There was a video of him caught earlier in the day that we watched, and Will completely freaked out when he saw it. He was certain Santa was going to be at our house that very minute, and he had to get to bed immediately, or Santa would skip over him. We tried to calm him down, but the more we tried, the more agitated Will became. He was literally crying hysterically with fear. I calmed him down enough to take our annual pictures in front the stockings and then set out cookies and milk for Santa. Will raced up the stairs and threw himself into bed. I could see his heart pounding in his chest. Then he became worried that Santa was coming into his room to peek at him. I assured him Santa was just going to set up the toys and leave in order to make it to every one's house. That seemed to satisfy him, and he went to sleep immediately after that. Will was definitely into Santa this year, and although I had a hard time not breaking down laughing, I loved his innocence and pure joy! Santa was in and out of our house pretty quickly that night and we all slept excited about the next day.