Christmas Eve rolled around a few days after I had a terrible 24-hour stomach bug and just as Ben was recovering from his bout with it. Needless to say, I forgoed my much anticipated cooking & cleaning binge and just did as much as I could to get by. Christmas Eve was spent hanging around the house, and Poppy & Nanny came down around lunchtime. We went to the mid-afternoon Christmas Eve service at church, then went by the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights to see Santa & check out the Griswald-esque displays. It was a mighty impressive show of lights and the Santa there was very authentic looking.
(None of the pics of the Christmas lights turned out, but this is how Jackson was able to take in the view!)
We enjoyed some home-made clam chowder for supper and then let Jackson open a couple presents before bed. His instant favorite...the Thomas Train from Uncle Jon! (Bella was also quite fond of the train tent)
He also loved the tool bench that Poppy & Nanny brought, and especially loved rocking the safety goggles.
After lots of playtime, it was bedtime for Jackson so Santa could come!
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