Christmas Eve

Sophia had to sing at the 5:00 church service on Christmas Eve.  We had seats right in the front because I had to drop her off at 4:00 and had the pick of the litter.  Sophia sang loud and on key, but that's what Ms. Belinda expects from the second graders.  They are the "seniors" of the Cherub Choir.  Next year she'll move up and be a "freshman" in the Carol Choir. This picture was taken at church.

After church service we went to a party with all intentions of making it to the second party that we were invited to, but we never made it.  Considering that both of them starts around 7 it would have been tight to cram them both into one night.  We were all up until about 11pm and the girls didn't even need a story.  They went right to bed so Santa would come.

Of course, I had to prepare a snack for Santa which I placed near the Christmas tree and a few minutes later I noticed that Santa Sadie Paws had eaten all the cookies and left the carrot for the reindeer.  I prepared another snack and we hit the sack.