The kids went to bed in their Christmas outfits; with the plan to wake them up to go to Midnight Mass!
We didn't know how the kids would do being woken up in the middle of the night, but they did great! First they slept on us on the way to the car...
...After waking, they then stayed up till 2am!!! We thought that they would pass back out in Mass, but the didn't. In fact, they were one of the only kids awake! When we took our seats they were delirious, goofy but quite happy! Everything made them laugh. This didn't last the whole time, but they were still very good for being at a solemn high mass (read: 2 hours+) in the middle of the night. They were so awake when we got home from Mass that we thought we'd let them go ahead and open up a present. They were so excited to see the Christmas tree all dressed up (Jason and I wait until Christmas Eve when the kids go to sleep to decorate it) and got busy exploring the presents.
After playing for a while, we put the kids in their PJs and settled down to bed.
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