On Christmas Eve we had a pretty relaxing day. We were home all afternoon getting last minute things ready for Christmas. I had several things to wrap and we had to do a big playroom cleaning to get ready for what Santa might bring. I am a huge organizer and the craziness of Christmas overwhelms me slightly! It was nice to have some calm before the storm though.
At 5:00 we went outside to leave some of our reindeer food before heading to church for the Christmas Eve service, which I always love. Its always so cozy and really helps start the holiday. It also reminds us of why we celebrating this season. Its so easy to get caught up in all the madness and lose sight of what its really all about, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! How awesome that he came to us as a precious baby on that night so many years ago.
After the service we headed to Sug and Pop's house for one of the most delicious meals! Sug always goes above and beyond on Christmas Eve and we look forward to it every year! Aunt Vicki came up to join us and we had such a fun time. A funny story, Cohen knows exactly where to look for all of Sug's Christmas goodies. At one point, we heard a chewing sound coming from inside the kitchen closet adn when we peeked inside there sat Cohen with a bucket of buckeyes eating away! Sneaky little girl!
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| Caught eating the buckeyes! |
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| This is the container sitting on the stool that she had so carefully gotten down |
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| Guilty face! |
Aunt Vicki gave everyone an ornament to open (a tradition we do every year) and every year it is so much fun to see what the ornaments are. This has helped decorate our tree and each year when we are hanging our ornaments we talk about what year we were given each ornament. It is such a special gift and I can't even express how much we appreciate the time she puts into picking out a special ornament for each of us every year. Especially now that our families all keeping growing!
Cohen unwrapped the "big" book (The Night Before Christmas) and Pop read the story to everyone, another Christmas Eve tradition. After the story we had to pack up and head back home to get our cookies ready for Santa and put out more reindeer food. We had to do some major singing on the way to keep Cohen awake! We got home and she picked out just the right cookies for Santa and we tossed the last of our reindeer food outside. It was straight to bed after that and I think she was asleep in record time. We only forgot one thing, and that was to tell Emma our Elf goodbye. Since it was Christmas Eve she would be heading back to the North Pole with Santa. Cohen was sad thinking about it, she had really loved having Emma. It was the first thing she asked about each morning when she woke up. And crazy me gets sentimental about this stuff and sad when I think it will be a whole year before we do it again! I'm such a softie!
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| Feeding the reindeer |
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| sweet girl |
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| Kate opening her first ornament from Aunt Vicki. She loved the tissue paper |
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| Reading "The Night Before Christmas" |
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| Making sure Santa gets the right cookies |
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