Christmas Eve

~ Christmas Eve ~ 

We had crab legs and potatoes for dinner on Christmas Eve.  The boys decorated Christmas cookies for Santa.  They also left their lists for him and told him why they were good this year.  We left a special plate for Santa with cookies and carrots for the reindeer.  The boys dressed in their special pajamas for Christmas Eve and listened to Daddy read The Night Before Christmas to the boys.  We have started a family tradition and can't wait to pass this on to our boys.

Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve with the family.  Julia, her new boyfriend Nate and Ethan came over to celebrate with us.  They had fun decorating ginger bread houses and Christmas cookies.  The boys love spending time with them and had so much fun doing cookies and gingerbread houses.  We had pork tenderloin, califlower and cheese sauce and potatoes for dinner.  We decided to open some presents early so Julia opened hers because she was leaving that night to go to her mom's house and then heading to Iowa to spend Christmas Day with Nate's family.  The boys had such a fun time handing out and creating new memories.  At the end of the night we spread the reindeer food on the front lawn and left out Christmas cookies for Santa.  

Christmas Eve

We had a nice Christmas Eve with the kids and Oma.  We baked Christmas cookies for Santa from scratch and the boys had fun decorating them.  Daddy read some Christmas stories to the boys and we had fun wearing our Christmas pajamas.  The boys were very excited about Santa coming to visit and were hoping Sparkles the elf had good things to say about them.  There were definitely some moments that caused them to worry about it as we told them Sparkles was reporting their every move to Santa.  We wish the elf could stay all year long.  Grayson got reindeer food from school that also helps the reindeer see the house so Daddy sprinkled some on our back porch as a guide to the reindeer.  It's such a magical time of year and we love creating new memories with the boys. We talked about Jesus and how we are celebrating his birth and hope to continue this discussion more in depth as they get older.