Christmas Eve

This was the first year we have ever spent the entire two days of Christmas in our own home, and it was WONDERFUL!!! We had so much fun with all the boys carrying on traditions and starting new ones. And I must say, every family should get to experience Christmas with a newborn at least once. It made The Story so much more special and real to all of us.

Christmas Eve morning started off with Christmas Pancakes. Andrew and Coleman got to choose from gingerbread, Santa, or train shaped pancakes. The January issue of Southern Living has the yummiest recipe for pancakes, by the way.




After breakfast, we made the gingerbread boys and girls for Santa to enjoy during his visit that night.



Then we mixed up some reindeer feed for Rudolph and his friends. Coleman is shirtless because he had just dumped a glass of water on himself.



My favorite thing about the day was that we were so laid back. Nowhere to be at any certain time. We just did whatever we wanted to do. Here Brent and the boys are doing a Christmas I Spy book. These books are really popular right now at our house.



We had a nice supper of ham, macaroni and cheese and green beans. Then, the boys got to open a gift before their baths. Whatever could it be?



New pajamas for Christmas Eve!

This month, the boys have LOVED The Polar Express DVD. So we watched it one final time for the year on Christmas Eve. I think we'll probably do this every year from now on. They got to have a gingerbread man and hot chocolate during the movie. Gigi told Andrew that sometimes she stirs her hot chocolate with a candy cane, so we did that too. I don't know why this picture is sideways.

Then we put out the reindeer feed,

and the cookies and milk for Santa.

I was going to make a picture of both of them with the cookie plate, but the turkeys kept trying to eat Santa's treat! It was all we could do to get Andrew to leave the plate alone. Then we realized Coleman was missing. We turned around and found him at the bar eating one of the extra cookies! Turkeys! They finally got in bed, pretty close to normal time, when the power went out. Good grief! We had really bad storms that night, but finally got our power back on before Santa needed to come. Thank goodness he had not procrastinated about putting certain things together!

More to come. . .