Christmas Eve, for the boys, started out with an unsuccessfun hunting trip :( But I know they really enjoy being together, so is it really that unsuccessful? Its like that song "She thinks we're just fishing" that song makes me cry!
While the boys were gone, Olivia and I had some breakfast, and for dessert, (of course we have dessert after our breakfast) Olivia used her easy bake oven to create a delicious sugar cookie with some chocolate frosting!
When the boys returned, Olivia and Tyler got out the "paint it yourself" piggy banks that Lindsey and Matt gave them, and got their creative juices flowing :).
The kids went to have dinner with their Mom and her family for a couple of hours that evening, but were home in plenty of time to make cookies for Santa. We were very fortunate this year that the kids were able to go to every single family function on both sides. What a blessing! I bring this up to explain why Tyler is wearing his Christmas suit to bake cookies, they wore their dress clothes to their family dinner, and I didn't want to waste any time when they got back home, in order to have plenty of time to settle in and get to sleep.
Here's Tyler mixing the colors into our cookie batter. (I asked them if they wanted to use cookie cutters or colors, and they chose colors.)
And the finished product: Not beautiful, but made with love, and presented on our "Cookies for Santa" plate :)
And we ALMOST forgot the Reindeer food that Tyler brought home from school. The instructions said to sprinkle it on your lawn on Christmas eve, so that's what he did (even though he'd already stripped his clothes off and gotten ready for bed). Loving the sweet Camo shoes! Thanks Lindsey and Matt!
And here he is, all tucked in, and SO very sleepy... can't you tell...?!?!
Tyler actually went to sleep pretty quickly! Olivia was the one up til after 10:30!!! But she, too, finally went to sleep :).
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