christmas eve....

Most of Christmas Eve I spent in the kitchen. Dave and Ben went to Holly Hill to hunt. So the women had the kiddos- we had panettonne (sp?) french toast for breakfast which was so yummy! And then Wiz and E took the girls down the street to the playground at the yacht club while I whipped up and recreated Gran's dressing and sweet potato casserole (a big hit thankfully! they tasted just like hers!....we couldn't find her recipes!).

Wiz at the park with all the cousins

sneaky Ben

Wizzy and Celia

We were able to go to E and Hunt's church for the Christmas Eve service which was "kid friendly" but Bennett's joy and excitement could not be contained- she sang holy holy holy loudly a couple of times so Dave took her to run around the back until it was time for the candles- then she tried to eat fire and torch her hair so she had to deal with a blown out candle instead. Henry had gone with E an hour early so by the time the service started he was fast asleep. When we got home we had E's lasagna and salad- then we scared the Celia half to death when we left out the cookies and milk for Santa- she was suffering from PTSD from when Wiz rang jingle bells from the garage while the kids were leaving reindeer food on the lawn. Celia immediately freaked out and then when we left the cookies out she really thought he'd be there any second. Needless to say she's not a big fan in person.....but the next morning she didn't think he was so bad!

Henry, Celia, and Samuel

Bennett, Mary, Dave, Ben, Elizabeth, Dargan, Celia, Samuel, and Henry