Christmas Catch Up

Blogspot has been having some technical difficulties so I haven't been able to upload pics for a while. Thank goodness Jenny figured out how to make it work and shared the secret. So... much overdue is a recap of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

We spent Christmas Eve at an annual party at a friend's house. Tons of people, lots of kids, insane amounts of Italian food, good wine... all in all, a perfect way to start the Christmas weekend, for sure. Here is a pic of Ben in his Christmas Eve church and party outfit. This is the one pic we got of him in the bow tie. He hated it and it lasted about 5 minutes. But you can't tell from this pic! (and if you are wondering about Ben's hair 'do, that was all Jeff... I make no claim on that...)

After Ben went to Bed, Mitch (our very mischevious Elf on the Shelf) got busy 'decorating' the house to surprise Ben when he woke up on Christmas morning. Mitch not only 'decorated' Ben's door with crape paper but he also 'decorated' the living room and hallway. Fun clean up, yes. This whole 'elf on the shelf' thing is mentally draining but this was Mitch's last hurrah before next year so he went big before he went home. Ben got a kick out of it, for sure.

 You can barely see in this pic but Brody slept in his swing thru out Mitch's decorating... yes, Mitch may be mischevious but he is also very quiet...

Ben woke up and somehow got out of his room without messing up Mitch's madness... and as you can tell, he was very confused and surprised...

Obligatory pic of Ben's cute Christmas PJ's while playing with his 'funny face' stocking stuffer...

Thanks to Pinterest, this was our breakfast Christmas morning... Reindeer pancakes. Cute and tasty. Pretty fun.

One of Ben's Christmas gifts that he loves... yep, an astronaut suit... surprise surprise that he loves it...