Merry Christmas EVE!

Merry Christmas Eve! We celebrated with the Schroeder side this year and as always, tradition is to open presents and celebrate on Christmas Eve! We had a wonderful time with family. We watched movies, visited, the guys played a little pool and the kids played. We had lots of yummy food to eat and Santa even stopped by! We were wiped out by the end of the night.

Madeleine was very excited this year to open presents and wasn't shy about sitting on Santa's lap at all. At the beginning of the evening, she was excited and shocked each time a present was given to her but by the end of the night, she was asking for more presents! She got the hang of it real quick. Needless to say, we will be working on the joy of giving gifts, not just receiving, in the next year :-) She did say a lot of "thank-you's" though!

Raymont, Kathryn, Madeleine before Santa arrived!

Mommy & Madeleine in front of the Christmas tree

Family photo!

Santa has arrived!

Madeleine was SO excited for Santa to arrive! She hopped right up and talked to him. She loved Santa!

Love this look!

The present opening started...

New PJ's

Madeleine helped Daddy open all his presents!

Whoa!!! A new SCOOTER!

Couldn't wait to try it out!