Christmas Eve

The day before Christmas we had some friends come over and hang out with us. John and Shannon are the best buds we could ask for, they bring our kiddos a present that would entertain them for hours. Even John got into it with them. Don't you love that, the simplest of things can entertain my kids for hours, and its not some big huge expensive toy. I love it when life works out that way.

Then that evening we were invited over to a friends house to eat dinner, and play games. Everyone brought a soup and desert to share and my friend made homemade bread, yum!! We had a really good time thank you Chelsie and your family! When we came home we sprinkled reindeer food out on the lawn so that Santa would for sure come to our house! And then each boy got to open one present. It was PJ's a tradition that we have had in our family for a long time!

We of course set out the cookies and milk for Santa, and sent them off to bed in new jammies. But five mins later Brady came out of his room full of concern. He walked over to the tree and said, "Mom we have to take that ornament off the tree", he pointed to an ornament that is shaped like a star but made out of hardened cookie dough. " Mom Santa will come and eat the cookies and then turn and look at the tree and see that one and EAT it!" I very carefully tried to reassure him that Santa will not eat ornaments off the tree. But he was not convinced, so I took it off and hid it on top of the fridge. Only when he was sure that Santa wouldn't find it would he go back to bed. It made me laugh thinking of his concern for that ornament. I hope this part of Christmas will last a long time in our family.

Garrett on the other hand did NOT want Santa to come to our house. He thought that he would have to see him again, and he was scared of him. The mall experience was still fresh in his head and he would not sit on his lap. So he ran to his bed and pulled the covers up over his head and said, "I'm hiding." So we explained to him that Santa only comes when everyone is asleep. That he would leave him a gift under the tree. That idea was much better to him because he got a gift but he didn't have to see Santa.

Christmas Eve was such a fun time for our family, and the next was only going to get better.