Christmas Eve

I suppose it is tradition for many families to unwrap Christmas jammies on Christmas Eve.  I'm not sure it will be one for us, the main reason being a made both of these kids' jammies at least 2 sizes too big!  No need to make more pjs in the next few years to come, as these here will still fit! Whoops.  Not entirely my fault; the pattern I used said it was a 4T!  I had to go back and re-hem the arms and legs of Gabe's jammies, poor kid was tipping all over them.  I'm glad the kids didn't throw a fit when they saw it wasn't a toy that they upwrapped, but clothes.  Of course, Elisa always seems to enjoy getting new clothes and Gabe is indifferent, but he seemed to like these pjs well enough.
I had to alter the pattern for Elisa's Jammies, and everything turned out quite well except the hole for the head is a bit too small--it is a struggle to get it over her head but it eventually slips on after a couple of hard tugs and a few irritated yells from Eesa.  I also made her some matching slippers.  I wasn't sure that they would fit, but they actually fit perfectly!  Gabe's size wasn't an option and I didn't have enough fabric anyway.  I was worried he would want some slippers too but he didn't seem to care.   He was more interested in eating the gingerbread cookies we made together.  I love making these cookies and so does Gabe!

I know, a sneak peak of Christmas day; apparently I forgot to get a pic of Eesa in her jammies.

Gabe in his jammies and the cookies!

We also set up a cookie plate for Santa and some reindeer food for the reindeer, sorry no pics!