Christmas Day

Samuel’s gift this year. 







Thomas’ gift this year 

Christmas Morning

Elias got a relic of Blessed Michael McGivney. 

Augustine got a new weighted blanket. 

Levi got his own iPod. 

Lewis got a vacuum for his room, circuit board, and e-writer. 





Augustine served at Christmas Mass. 




And Elias had his relic blessed by Fr. Echrich. 

Christmas Eve

Elias Goes to the Theatre

I love it when my boys get old enough to enjoy the theatre! We were gifted tickets to How the Grinch Stole Christmas very last minute, and I knew exactly which boy would want to see that show. Only the biggest Grinch fan in our family…

Elias! It was his first time seeing a show on stage and it did not disappoint. He laughed over and over, wanted to know about the lights and set, and where the music came from.

He found the seating system fascinating. I showed him how the ticket tells you where to sit and then he worked to find out seats. 

I explained all the things the program tells us as the audience. His favorite page was the one of all the actors’ pictures. 

He told Levi all about it the next morning. His only complaint is that he was getting tired at the end of the show because it was WAY past his bedtime.

Waiting for Christmas

Ballapalooza

We started a new tradition this year of making Oreo balls in various forms. Beth had to work so we kept her up to date via text, and made all the ball jokes we could think of.  We may need t-shirts next year. 

Lisa made two kinds…Oreo and mint Oreo. Then she made mocha balls at home. 

They turned out so delicious! I bought a special ball dipping tool which made it a lot more fun and easy. 

I made two kinds both containing peanut butter because they’re my favorite.