My parents once more hosted their annual Christmas Eve cocktail party. We arrived early with lots of food and all had Chinese. A good base, that Chinese. There was another gorgeous sunset with all this crazy weather we have been having... The three babies went down shortly after seven which gave a brief respite to all the madness. Guests started arriving and we all drank and ate and were generally merry. Matt accidentally dressed just like his old college roommate... Ashley and I might have had too much wine and too much fun with my camera... It was another successful, delicious party with plenty of friends and family and kids and neighbors around!
When the party was done and the car all packed, I snuck upstairs and gently carried a sleeping Dominic out to the car. On the way home each traffic light made him cover his eyes which was pretty much the cutest thing.... but he cried not a tear...
We arrived home shortly after 11, Letty helping me prep for Santa while Matt brushed the boys' teeth. She said a quick passing goodbye to the elf and headed up to bed. I nursed Dom who was very bleary eyed while Matt tucked in the bigger kids. After carrying down a box full of wrapped packages and eating more cookies we sat down to have a final glass or two of wine and watched the end of Pride and Prejudice. Nothing says Christmas to me like Mr. Darcy walking across a dewy field at sunrise am I right?
