I put our dinner in the crock pot early in the day... a tri tip roast, potatoes and carrots. Then we focused on playing with the boys. Eventually, they sat down to watch some last Christmas movies before the season ended. I love this shot of them watching The Santa Clause 2.
Soon enough, it was time for dinner. The boys both helped me set the table in their own ways. I think Charlie's favorite part was figuring out where to put the place cards.
Dinner was super good. For the record, I think I have found my new Christmas Eve tradition. It was by far the easiest holiday dinner I have ever made... and it ranked up there with the best!
Next it was time for us to spread the reindeer food that Charlie got at school. He put it out on the lawn where we thought the reindeer would pass by with Santa's sleigh.
Then we came back inside and let the boys do a gingerbread house. We had planned to do it a week earlier, but since both of the boys came down with colds, it ended up being delayed a bit. They had a lot of fun doing it!
After the gingerbread house, we went into the living room to sit around the tree. We sang a couple of carols and talked about the meaning of Christmas. Then it was time for everyone to open one present for Christmas Eve. Charlie and Ephram both had pajamas. I had a pair of fuzzy slippers and Andy got new pajamas too. Then we went back to the table for bread pudding and chocolate mint cake. The kids got their pajamas on, and the next half hour consisted of me chasing them around to try to get a picture of them in their cute new jammies. They were super hyped up... and this is the best I could do!
We had been tracking Santa for most of the day, and showed Charlie that he was fast closing in on North America. Charlie agreed to go to bed really quickly. We told him that if children were awake when Santa comes, he just goes to the next house. He didn't argue with us! Ephram also went down pretty easily.
Andy and I cleaned up from our festivities and reminisced about Christmases long past. Before we knew it, Santa's drop was complete and I took a couple pictures of the boys' loot before they got hold of it.
Santa also left some things for Mom and Dad.
All in all, our tree was quite loaded for a family of 4 and a half... (I did get a present for the baby, I had to have something to remember she was coming. I didn't know she was a girl yet, but I spent a lot of time this Christmas smiling as I thought of the one to come next year.)
Soon enough, it was time for dinner. The boys both helped me set the table in their own ways. I think Charlie's favorite part was figuring out where to put the place cards.
Dinner was super good. For the record, I think I have found my new Christmas Eve tradition. It was by far the easiest holiday dinner I have ever made... and it ranked up there with the best!
Next it was time for us to spread the reindeer food that Charlie got at school. He put it out on the lawn where we thought the reindeer would pass by with Santa's sleigh.
Then we came back inside and let the boys do a gingerbread house. We had planned to do it a week earlier, but since both of the boys came down with colds, it ended up being delayed a bit. They had a lot of fun doing it!
After the gingerbread house, we went into the living room to sit around the tree. We sang a couple of carols and talked about the meaning of Christmas. Then it was time for everyone to open one present for Christmas Eve. Charlie and Ephram both had pajamas. I had a pair of fuzzy slippers and Andy got new pajamas too. Then we went back to the table for bread pudding and chocolate mint cake. The kids got their pajamas on, and the next half hour consisted of me chasing them around to try to get a picture of them in their cute new jammies. They were super hyped up... and this is the best I could do!
We had been tracking Santa for most of the day, and showed Charlie that he was fast closing in on North America. Charlie agreed to go to bed really quickly. We told him that if children were awake when Santa comes, he just goes to the next house. He didn't argue with us! Ephram also went down pretty easily.
Andy and I cleaned up from our festivities and reminisced about Christmases long past. Before we knew it, Santa's drop was complete and I took a couple pictures of the boys' loot before they got hold of it.
Santa also left some things for Mom and Dad.
All in all, our tree was quite loaded for a family of 4 and a half... (I did get a present for the baby, I had to have something to remember she was coming. I didn't know she was a girl yet, but I spent a lot of time this Christmas smiling as I thought of the one to come next year.)
Andy and I went to bed to catch some sleep before the boys woke up the next morning. It was truly a great Christmas Eve!
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