Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve at RaRa and Poppy's house this year. After going to evening mass we headed over to their house for dinner and presents. We had a great time--it is so much more fun now that there are kids to watch open gifts. Jackson was very excited (and expressive I might add) about opening his presents and he even helped Maddox open his too. Maddox wasn't all that interested in opening his gifts but he had fun playing with them once they were opened (and I am pretty sure that we took out every toy he got from his box so he could play). Maddox also loved all of the boxes that his gifts came in...wrapping paper, not so much, but he loved banging on the boxes and attempting to climb on top of them.

Christmas Eve family photo

Maddox pulling the tissue paper out of the bag to see what he got.

It was a parade of zoo animals!

And a cool activity table! I am pretty sure Maddox opened and shut the laptop on the table about 50 times. That was his favorite part!

Showing Jackson his new table. Aren't they cute in their semi-matching outfits (Thanks, Aunt Jess!)?

Daddy helping him ride on his new car from Uncle Scott, Aunt Jess, and Jackson.

And the biggest hit of the night was probably the beverage tub that I got. Maddox had a great time climbing on it and beating it like a drum over and over again. He had the best time!

Maddox also got some cute clothes and this great hat from Uncle Andrew and Heather. Too bad he keep trying to pull it off, because it looks so precious on him!

One of the sweetest smiles around...

Once we finally got home, we couldn't forget to leave some yummy cookies and milk for Santa.