We had a wonderful, laid back Christmas eve this year. We started the day off with our traditional sibling gift exchange. The kids love giving gifts to each other! They are so excited to watch their gift be opened. We do this separate from the other gifts so that they can focus on what has been chosen for them from their siblings. It also gives them something fun to do on Christmas Eve!
While the kids played with their new toys, I started on baking for Christmas day. Then we made and decorated cookies for Santa! Yum! They are getting better and better at this each year!
We usually do dinner out on Christmas Eve. This year we had dinner at our favorite mexican spot and then headed home for dessert and getting ready for santa. I have to say the excitement level at our house was high! They were all so excited and this is the first year that Charlotte has really gotten into all of this and she was all hyped up!
With the house all picked up and ready for Christmas morning, I snapped a few pictures of our Christmas-y house while the kids got their baths.
We put on Chrismas jammies and scattered our reindeer food outside. Brrr! It was cold!
The kids put out OJ and cookies for Santa! It's always a big decision to choose from the cookies that they have made which one to put out for Santa.
We read The Night Before Christmas and then it was off to bed! After a fun and full day, I think they were all tired -- everyone was asleep by 8:30 which is a BIG record in our house! Matt and I headed to bed early too; we were sure that everyone was going to be up early!
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