Christmas in England part 4: Christmas Eve

We came home and hung out while my Dad cooked our traditional Christmas Eve dinner of pizza.

 

 

 

 Swaggy apron.

 We had a ton of appetizers before our pizza. One was bacon lollipops.

 

 

 

He ate too much, then passed out.

 Then we headed to the Christmas room for Christmas pajamas and story time.

 Cameron got an American Flag onesie. My mom is the best Christmas pajama buyer!

 My Dad read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and did he usual word changing. My favorite:"He spoke not a word and went straight to his work. He filled all the stockings then turned and said, 'You're a jerk!'"

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk - See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19286#sthash.M5MQ52e8.dpuf

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk - See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19286#sthash.M5MQ52e8.dpuf

 Monster hugs!!

I love Christmas Eve. It was so fun with the kiddies too because they were so excited!

Christmas in England part 5: Christmas morning!

It was a bright and early Christmas morning. Except it wasn't bright because the sun hadn't risen yet. I hardly remember waking up. Suddenly, I was downstairs on the couch. Not much to say, except that it was a wonderful morning!

 Look how excited she is about her pink power ranger! When she ran in and found it, she yelled, "I have been wanting this for six hours!!!"

 Here he is just about to fall off his new, bouncy toy.

 This look definitely describes his mood on Christmas morning.

 Part of our very exciting gift to the Crosby's.

 Reading through the book we made them.

 Official pancake maker two Christmases in a row.

 

Christmas morning is when our parents gave us the gift of our 4 day trip to London! They also told us we'd be going to the Harry Potter studios!! We freaked out. Best parents ever.

Christmas in England part 6: The rest of Christmas day

We laid around for quite a while, but then my mom, Jessi, Nathan, and I took a walk to explore my parents cute little village. My mom took us down to this gorgeous church that had the most incredible graveyard. There were graves from over 400 years ago!

 She's good at bundling.

 

First glimpse of the church

Later, we all hopped in the car for a drive around Hull, the city right next to my parent's village.

 This is my little brother's school in Hull. I wish I had a better picture of it because it's incredible!

We came home for Christmas dinner! It was delicious and the table was so cute! Later in the week, Ava would successfully eat over half those chocolate Santas, all by herself.

 We were all big fans of the crowns that came out of our Christmas crackers.

After dinner, we did what we Graffs do best: relax

Twas a lovely Christmas!