CHRISTMAS EVE 2014
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Aww bless sounds perfect x
Aww, the kids are so cute. I am so glad to hear that you had a nice Christmas Eve – oh and how great that he wrote his own letter to Santa 🙂
What a great Christmas! I love the matching pajamas on the boys. Happy New Year to your family!
Beautiful pictures. Is that reindeer food? We did oats and glitter!
A phonetic letter to Santa is a huge deal! Your boys are adorable.
Your kids are beautiful. What a great Post. I'll never forget when my kiddos wrote their very own letters to Santa. So awesome!
Awwwwww your Christmas eve sounds like it was great!!! Loving your photos too!!! Way too cute 🙂
Awe what sweet photo's. Great job on writing out his letter!
So happy to hear Santa was able to make it with his reindeer to your house–I mean how could he ever ignore a first ever letter written to him!
looks like you made a lot of family memories and started some new family traditions as well. great photography in this blog post. don't you wish santa was real?
So super sweet! We have never done reindeer food! Maybe we should next year!
Sounds like you had a wonderful and memorable Christmas. How sweet are your little ones! Happy New Year!
It looks like the kids were excited for Father Christmas. It looked like you really have an intimate and great Christmas.
awww bless they look so cute and love that sign, cannot believe christmas is now but a distant memory
Oh your boys are so cute! They remind me a lot of mine! Looks like a great Christmas and hope you have a happy and fulfilling New Year ahead!
Awww how cute! Your little ones are so precious. I love your post and your ideas 🙂 You had a very successful and memorable Christmas. Happy New Years to you all!! 🙂
Such beautiful pictures! You've captured their excitement for Santa's arrival perfectly in the last picture 🙂
These are two cute lil ones indeed. I love your little story it is so precious and cute. Thanks for sharing. What a great idea by the way.
Awww way too precious! Happy New Year!! Thank you for sharing.
What a lovely moment – the first letter writing to Father Christmas. So sorry to hear about Excalibur though #ssamazingachievements
Such lovely photographs, my boys wrote to Father Christmas for the first time this year
How fantastic that J wrote the letter on his own. Love L face on the doorstep. Love your pictures as always.
Thanks for linking up with Small Steps Amazing Achievements :0)
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