Merry Christmas!

Jack licking the beaters - first cookies!

Jack baking Christmas cookies!

I am so excited that it's Christmas!

Carrying the milk to put out for Santa

Daddy reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas"

"Santa came!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Look! A Mickey and a Minnie!

I got a cool soccer net!

I love my Nunno and Poppa!

Nannie and Ugga came to celebrate with us!

Mommy! Take a picture of me!

Mommy and Daddy opening presents!

Granny and her sweet Lucy

It was a magical Christmas at the Leonards! We had it all... food, family, children, presents, love, and good times! It was perfect!
We started out Christmas Eve with cooking and baking cookies with Jack! I didnt have high expectations on baking with my 2 year old... However, it was better than I could have imagined! Jack had such a great time helping! He put everything in the mixing bowl and helped mix it up. He kept saying "Let's mix it up REAL good!". He got very excited about putting in the chocolate chunks.. I think a BUNCH ended up in his mouth! He got to lick the beaters and put M&Ms on top! Again... lots of M&Ms went in his mouth! We ate them hot out of the oven! It was fun! I can't wait for Lucy to help us one year!
We went to the 4:00 service and church and it was really neat. All the children got a paper bag with a "character" inside. Jack had cow ears to wear. All the children got to participate in a live nativity at the front of the church between Christmas hymns. Jack went up there with all the animals and sat up there and was so good! It was really sweet. I can't say that I didnt tear up.  He behaved very well for his first full service (although it was all directed at the children). Jack typically goes to the nursery during services. It was really neat! We got home and opened a couple of presents and listened to Christmas music. We went to see the neighborhood Christmas lights (AGAIN...we have gone most nights this season),  put out Santa's cookies, said good-bye to Edward the Elf, and Daddy read "Twas the Night Before Christmas".  Once the little ones were asleep, the adults had beef tenderloin, onion rice, brussel sprouts and a bottle of Arger-Martucci (wow - now that was good!). It's the 3rd year in a row of a nice Christmas Eve dinner. Great Granny, Nannie, Ugga, Daddy and I really enjoyed it!
Christmas morning was so fun! Jack was so excited and loved seeing what Santa brought to he and Lucy! He was most excited about the Mickey and Minnie! He even ran over to Lucy with her Minnie doll and said "Look Lucy, here is your Minnie!" (TOO SWEET!) Poppa and Nunno got here around 10:30am and we had a big Christmas lunch around 1:00pm. Uncle Scooter and Lauren came to celebrate too! It was so much fun! We all fell asleep around 4:00 (Lucy and I downstairs, Granny, Jack and Dadddy upstairs!) We got up and ate leftovers and watched "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" for the last time. We have watched that LOTS of times this season. It really was a magical and happy Christmas! We are very blessed!

By the way....today is PJ Day! I dont think we are getting out of our pjs! There is still snow on the ground and the high is 33! No rules today!!!

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