OUR Christmas Eve... Part 1

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

 Ours was nice and full of LOTS of toys for the boys!!

We "do" gifts with our children on Christmas Eve morning and then go to my mom's for dinner on CE. On Christmas day we go to my MIL's for gifts and "lunch" then to see my FIL after, BUSY!

Here is the note that my oldest son, Gavin left for Santa...

He taped a piece of candy cane on the back for Santa too ♥

Cookies we left out for Santa...

The stocking were hung on the doorknobs with care...

In hopes that St. Nick soon would be there!

(I got these stockings from Cracker Barrel this year and they hold a 4x6 photo in each one, which I kept forgetting to put one in!! Thank goodness Santa knew whose room belonged to who!! )

The children were snuggled in their beds...

As visions of sugarplums danced in their heads!!

(This lil one cracks me up in this pic, he is SO passed out!!)

Some gifts under my "man-handled" tree!

Santa must have gotten confused this year...

He thought that "naught" lil boys get lots of gifts apparently! lol:)

One for Gage...

One for Hubby...

One for Gavin...

Where's one for mommy?

My Santa delivers waaaaay after I go to bed!

(My hubby got me a $50 gift card to Old Navy this year!! We were just going to get each other a new pair of slippers this year but he couldn't find any in my size that he liked so he though a gift card to my fave store would suffice ♥)

Here is hubby with the Horse slippers I got him...

I added this note to the top of the box...

If you don't remember, on our honeymoon we attempted to go horse back riding together...

but I was scared to death of the horse!! LOL I thought these slippers would humor him every time he put them on!!

I also have him a photo frame with one of our wedding pics in it ♥

Also got him a ND fleece from the boys!

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Our lil monkeys sure got spoiled...

Lil Gage showing off his funny duck card we gave him...

Yum... candy from his stocking...

On your mark... get set... open gifts!!

Couple of his own Lego sets so he leaves his big brothers Lego's alone!

Big set of Lego's from Santa!

Don't you love his chocolate moustache?

Only on Christmas can you have a piece of candy before breakfast ;)

Here is the #1 gift of the year!

The Wonder Pets flyboat that my mom bought but....

we had to have him open it at our house because he knew Santa was gonna bring it to his house!

He was THRILLED!!

He was telling me to STOP taking pictures!

He also got  the Lego School Bus he wanted...

New Playdoh set...

Handy Manny Hot Wheels playset...

Excitement over the big box...

an airport playset.

He also got  the Yo Gabba Gabba boombox, that I don't have a pic of for some reason?

And his 1st Radio Flyer Scooter!

And... he's off!!

With mis-matched pj's on cause he had a pee-pee accident!! lol

Stay tuned for Part 2 of the Krawiec Christmas Eve post...

where Big Bro opens gifts!!

Gotta run and make dinner!!!

Noelle ♥

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~Noelle ♥

Our recent festivities ♥

We have been busy around our house with lots of holiday festivities!

My oldest son had a Christmas program at school last week; here

he is looking so dapper in the plaid vest:)

The kids sang so cute:)

We found our Gingerbread kit this year at Target and it was "supposed to be a train" but mommy didn't follow directions very well, lol!!

The boys didn't seem to mind that I didn't put it together properly; they

were just happy to help!

Look at lil Gage's busy hands grabbing for the candy;

he did a great job on the peppermints, didn't he?

Big brother with the finished product:)

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Then came my ornament swap package all the way from Pea in CANADA!!

It was in such a pretty box...

And as always, an eager little hand wanting to help open mommy's present!

Love this hot pink sequined ball!

Pretty pink icicle ornament!

I told Pea that I loved pinks/aquas this year on my tree...

with my mix of many other ornaments as well.

Glittery white tree...

Lots of mini gingerbread ornaments...

This one was really cool and sparkly...

Love this lil pink purse one!!

Aren't these the cutest?

They are the clip on ornaments, which I have never had before!!

Really pretty blue flower ornament!

Thanks so much PEA, I loved it all!!

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I got a birthday/Christmas gift from my sweet friend Becky; who is also the gal who owns the home daycare that I work for. She gave me a $25 Target gift card, the cute lil snowman and the "K" ornament!!

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My oldest son's teacher had asked me if I would be in charge of the 2nd grade Christmas party this year...

I told her yes, that it would keep my mind off of things.

I must admit that the party turned out pretty great!!

The 2nd grade class is a great group of kids!!

They had several different craft stations set up...

This one they were making foam bell ornaments...

Here's my hunk working on decorating his foam ornament...

Here is Miss "C"... isn't she too cute??

Decorating cutout cookies that I made...

Also found these Snowflake candy necklace kits for the kids to make!

Snack time!!

The kids also played a game called "Stuff the Stocking" where they were in 2 teams; they took turns racing across the room with a spoon full of small candies to "stuff the stocking" with; the team that finished first won!

It was really wild during that game so I didn't get any pics:( But they loved it!!

Santa was supposed to come visit the kids too but was "out sick" that day!

How can Santa take a sick day?!?!?!?

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Each Christmas, my mother in law's best friend makes "Reindeer Food" for the kids; which is oatmeal and glitter! The kids are supposed to throw it out in the snow the night before Christmas so the reindeer can find your home by seeing the glitter sparkle in your yard, then they can munch on the oatmeal when they land!

Here are my babies digging in their bags of reindeer food...

Throwing out handfuls...

Lil man just dumped the whole bag in one spot, lol!!

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I also received a surprise box of Gingerbread goodness from my doll Holly!!

Look at all this cuteness!

A g.house tin, a soap and isn't this lil lined basket so cute??

More cuties, loved the snowglobe!!

Some crafting fun goodies...

ribbon, doo-dads and some scrabble tiles to spell...

Family and Love!

Thanks HOLLY!!! Loved my surprise:)

I sent a box of stocking stuffers off to Holly too but she's a good girl and is waiting till Christmas mornin' to peek into hers!

Here's a lil sneak peek...

Close your eyes Holly, no peeking for you!!

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I hope you all have an AMAZING Christmas!!

Happy Holidays!
Love,

Noelle ♥

Its my Birthday!

Its officially... I'm 31 today!

Wow, what a year 30 was...

I felt more mature, felt my life was coming together finally- got married!
Felt lots of sadness with my dad's cancer diagnosis and then again with his sudden death:(

What will 31 bring me? 

Lots of GOOD LUCK I hope!

Tomorrow I will be posting a few presents I got from my mom and girlfriends...

Till then... 

Love,

Noelle ♥