Christmas Eve

Mom and Dad hosted Christmas Eve dinner at our house tonight for all our friends who were also staying in town for the holidays. Turns out a lot of our friends stayed in town....we had 14 grown ups and 9 munchkins! We had a really fun dinner and Mom & Dad's only disappointment was that they forgot to take pictures of the house all prettied up and the table was set so nicely (Daddy even polished silver!). Just take our word for it...it was pretty :). Us kids even did a really nice job playing with each other so that the adults could sit back and enjoy themselves. My friends Chloe & Allison and I started playing Doctor for a while and Dad got this really cute picture of the three of us...

Daddy's friends had a little surprise for him at the end of dinner too. For the past few months they've been secretly scheming and working discreetly with Mommy to collect some of Daddy's ribbons and patches and medals and they surprised him with a beautiful frame that displayed them all. It's a great way for Daddy to remember all that he did and accomplished in the Navy and he was very surprised and very touched and very grateful. (he was also relieved to know that this was why Mommy sometimes was evasive when answering questions about "who was on the phone")

I put together a big plate of cookies and a big glass of milk for Santa and now I need to get to bed because Mommy & Daddy said they think they heard his sleigh bells!