christmas eve

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads...

and what a christmas eve it was!

it was just the three of us and we had such a nice time.  in hertel family tradition, we had lasagna for dinner.  but not your regular lasagna...ravioli lasagna!  yup... a ton times easier and quicker (although, nothing can beat my dad's lasagna) than making regular lasagna!  the dude was in bed by the time we ate, but he had pasta none-the-less.  oh...and he helped me cook our dinner as you can see by the photos.

all our presents were wrapped and ready.  and the dude must have been a VERY good boy this year since santa came to our house first to drop off his gifts before mommy and daddy went to bed!  thank you santa! something tells me the dude is going to be occupied for quite some time with all these new toys!