St. Nicholas Day

Nick's family celebrates St. Nick's day. Like really celebrates it. As a kid, we always left our shoes out the night before and when we woke up St. Nick had left us a treat. Always candy. Always something small. And that was St. Nick's Day. At Nick's house, we go to his Mom's for dinner. Then it's like Christmas. The kids get their stockings from Nani (which are loaded), and a bag of goodies from each aunt/uncle. It's insane. The kids go nuts.

This year was no different! We went over to Nani's around 5:30 and had tacos for dinner. After we ate and talked for a bit, the kids couldn't hold out any longer, so we opened the stockings. I didn't bring my camera, unfortunately, but I took a picture of one of Dom's presents this morning.

From Nani, Dom got an ornament (SO adorable), fruit snacks, a book, a set of hot wheels, two packages of socks (which always go missing at our house), and more I'm sure, I just can't think of everything.

Here's a picture of his ornament:



Each of the kids got ornaments describing things they do or love. Sophia's was a swimmer, Kailey's was a karate girl, Henry's was a hockey goalie, Addie's was a ballerina, and Jilly's was an elephant (because she loves elephants). Dominick's is a body builder because Dom likes to show off his muscles. :)

From his aunt Kate and Uncle Dave, Dom got pajamas (Christmas Elmos!), play doh, candy, and again, I can't think of what else but more!

From his Aunt Lisa and Uncle John, Dom got pajamas (Toy Story from Disney), candy, and more.

From his Aunt Christy and Uncle Rob, Dom got a car that is filled with candy and when you pull the string, it zooms across the floor.

As you can tell, Dom was one spoiled little boy on St. Nick's Day!!

After we opened the stockings, the kids put on a "play". They LOVE to put on shows for us adults. This time they told us the story of Baby Jesus. There was the angel telling the story (Sophia), Mary (Kailey), Joseph (Henry), a sheep (Addie) added for comical value I believe, and the baby Jesus (a stuffed animal). It was a complete story, along with a song in the middle by Sophia. She started singing Oh Little Town of Bethlehem, and Dominick got up and started dancing to it. He loved it so much that he cried when the song was over!

After our show, we went back upstairs and just relaxed for a bit before coming home. It was a good night. It got me in the Christmas spirit a little more!

And speaking of which, Christmas is just two weeks from Saturday....SCARY! :)