This year on Christmas Eve we stayed home instead of going to the candle light service at church. With the boys being as little and energetic b as they are, we decided that it would be best if we didn't add handheld fire into the mix =). We had a good time just hanging out as a family. We got the kids into their Christmas pjs and loaded up in the car to drive around and look at Christmas lights. This year, we did a scavenger hunt while we drove around. My sister had seen this idea on Pinterest and I thought it sounded fun, and it really was. We had to find things like Mrs. Clause, and angel, over sized presents, toy soldiers, and lots of others. It was so much fun, and the kids really got into and had a blast trying to look for the different things. I think this may be a yearly tradition from now on. When we got home, we gathered the kids in our room to read the story of Jesus' birth from the Bible. We do this every year on Christmas Eve, just like Clinton's family did growing up, and it is a great time to remember the reason that we celebrate this joyous holiday and to remind the kids of that. That being said, it was pure chaos. There was wrestling, talking, leaving, and everything else going on while Clinton was reading =).
After Clinton read the story, we tucked the kids in and put a Christmas movie on for them in hopes that they would fall asleep easy so that Santa could come soon. Tanner was all about this, as she was sooooooooo excited for the morning to come. The others were just excited in general, so we ended up putting Colby in his bed so that he could go to sleep. Eventually, they were all asleep and Santa got to work.
This was the note that Tanner wrote to Santa this year. Parts of it were published in our local newspaper. She had very specific requests =).
These pictures are out of order, but we set out cookies and milk for Santa in the living room, although the kids couldn't help but sample them to make sure they were good enough =). We also left carrots for the reindeer, as always.
The kids enjoyed sprinkling reindeer food on the lawn.
This is the note that Tanner left for Strawberry Shortcake, our elf. She loves her so much and was sad to see her go.
She also drew a picture of Buddy, the elf, from the movie "Elf" and gave it to Strawberry,
This one was for Santa.
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