Christmas Eve was a pretty busy day as I imagine it is for most people. I spent the morning battling the crowds at Walmart and the grocery store for some last minute Christmas day supplies. I came home and tossed a salad together for dinner that evening with Yaya, whipped up a quick casserole for the morning then set out to make sugar cookies with the cousins. Making and decorating sugar cookies is an annual tradition that slipped until Christmas Eve this year. Normally we try to make them a week or so before Christmas but ran out of time.
Of course, the boys loved creating crazy confections with the red, green and white icing. It was like they were competing to see who could pile the most sprinkles on their cookies. I hope it’s one of those childhood memories they will always remember.
Santa had quite a selection of lovely cookies to choose from on Christmas morning! The highlight for me was not having to clean ground sugar cookies and sprinkles out of my carpet. Big Red graciously took the hit this year 🙂
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My mom invited us over to have baked ziti at her house for Christmas Eve dinner. The boys both passed out on the 5-minute car ride over to Yaya’s house. They woke back up after J carried them inside. I think the excitement of the holidays had caught up with them. We had a nice time together opening a few presents, sipping some good wine and watching Christmas specials on television. After dinner we piled into our car and took a spin around town looking a Christmas lights.
We dropped my mom back off at her house then headed home to give the boys baths and make Santa preparations. The boys each received a packet of reindeer food from their teachers.
As soon as they donned their new sock monkey jammies we all raced outside to spread the oatmeal/birdseed/glitter mix around the yard and driveway.
The last task of the night was preparing the snacks for Santa and his reindeer. The boys were excited to prepare the carrots, cookies and milk!
Once all the snacks were laid out on the table J and I ushered the kiddos off to bed. Our work as Santa’s helpers had not even begun and it was well past 10 PM!
Adventures of Four 