Pennsylvania Christmas

We did many of our favorite things during our Christmas week in Pennsylvania.  When at Mimi's house, a visit to Chocolate World is a must:

Daddy and Leah are the vanilla fans in the family, while Mommy and Luke prefer chocolate.  There's nothing better than sharing a Hershey's milkshake with your love:

The vanilla crew gives a "Thumbs Up!"

 Decorating Christmas cookies is another beloved Christmas tradition.  The kids went heavy on the sprinkles this year.  I'm hoping that Santa didn't chip a tooth when he took a bite of our sugar encrusted creations: 

I love Winnie "supervising" the kids as they make a cookie plate for Santa!

 Christmas Eve church was beautiful and it very special to have Mimi, Grandpa, and Beanie with us:

We sprinkled reindeer food in the yard, listened to Daddy read Twas the Night Before Christmas, and while we were sleeping, Santa made a special delivery: 

Footie pjs require Daddy's shoes to sprinkle magic reindeer food in the yard. 

Leah's presents from Santa:  Wild Kratts toys and tickets to Wild Kratts Live!

Luke's Santa presents:  A microscope, Lego sets, and tickets to Lego KidsFest!

The kids slept until almost 7:00 a.m. on Christmas morning- Hooray!   They waited at the top of the steps with palpable excitement, and bounded downstairs to see Santa's gifts and open their stockings:

After breakfast, it was time for presents!  There were many wonderful gifts and Christmas is magical with children at this age: 

One of Luke's favorite gifts was a Pokemon binder/new Pokemon cards from Beanie.  He carefully placed each card into his organizer, and slept with his binder on Christmas night:

Leah loved seeing Mia again, and these two were quite cute together:

We loved being with our family for Christmas week, and it was a grand finale to complete 2015!