Oh wow! The kids are excited!! It was so much fun explaining to the kids that today was Christmas Eve, that Santa arrives tonight, that Buddy our elf will go back to the The North Pole for good tonight and that tomorrow is Christmas. They. Can't. Wait. And to be honest, neither can I. Christmas is so much fun again seeing it through the eyes of your babes.
MeMe and I spent 6 hours in the kitchen today baking. Literally 6 hours. I am actually sore. The kids helped cut out sugar cookies and decorate them for Santa. I think this year they actually decorated more than they ate...so I will call that a success.
It's been so much fun having MeMe and Big Daddy here this week. The kids have had an absolute blast with them here. We have done lots of shopping and playing and the kids are going to be horribly sad when our house is empty Thursday night. MeMe and Big Daddy are leaving Wednesday afternoon (Big Daddy has to work Thursday) and Aunt Nat and the gang arrive Wednesday morning and leave Thursday evening. Next week my kids are going to be so lonely with just me.
Tomorrow morning we will have breakfast together and enjoy hours of opening gifts and playing with all the new toys. After naps, we will head to PopPop and Mamie's house for Christmas part 2.
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
taking a bite of dough while putting one on the cookie sheet
icing her cookie
concentrating on his masterpiece
Buddy the Elf...on his last day here before returning to The North Pole for the year
a horsey-ride before dinner
waiting "patiently" to open their one Christmas Eve gift
opening their PJs and Popcorn...our new Christmas Eve tradition
his new PJs
her new PJs
putting out reindeer food
hope the reindeers don't mind the clumps of food
picking out the cookies for Santa
putting them on the plate
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