I had seen this idea on Pinterest repinned over and over again and while I liked the idea, I didn't repin it because I wasn't sure I wanted to add another thing to my already busy Christmas holiday to do list. The idea was to wrap Christmas pajamas, a Christmas movie and Christmas snacks for your kids to open and enjoy the night before Christmas.
At the last minute, however, I decided to do it and I'm glad I did.
Daniel showed Morgan a picture that one of his friends posted on facebook. The friend was a firefighter who had actually seen Santa and his reindeer!
Before the girls went to bed, we set out cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer.
Morgan had been adamant about the carrots this year. For days she had been reminding me to go to the store and get "fresh" carrots for the reindeer. She kept talking about how we couldn't give rotten carrots to the reindeer. I accidentally forgot to read The Night Before Christmas and the story of Jesus' birth before their bedtime. Oops! Thank goodness for next year!
Maggie kept "guard" over Santa's cookies. I'm sure she was just hoping one of us would look away long enough so she could snatch them. She's so not above stealing food within her reach. Oddly enough though she left the cookies alone. It's as if she understood their significance and decided to not risk it.
My teenage nephew Chase is all about cash right now because he's trying to save up for his first car.
While cash is our go-to gift for him, I try to come up with creative ways to give it.
The below is our beautiful tree and presents!
What's funny is that we all cut back this year yet the amount of presents still seemed excessive.
Santa got Morgan twinkle toe shoes just like she asked for and got Charlotte a horse nearly the size of her!
Christmas Eve night, Daniel made us popcorn and we all sat down and watched It's A Wonderful Life! Well, actually, Dusty and I only sat down for a minute before we got up and starting prepping food for Christmas Day. We had a good visit while cooking together though.
Did I mention that Nana and Papa and Dusty and Chase stayed with us at our house to celebrate Christmas? I'm so thankful to be able to celebrate with family. That's what's most important to me. The older I get, the less I care about gifts. I think that's true for everyone.
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