Christmas Eve

Sunday, December 24, 2006 - Uncle Travis watched the kids sprinkle the magic reindeer food to entice Santa's reindeer to land.

Caeden said, 'I dump-ed it!" but Annah and Sylvia were very careful to sprinkle theirs all around so the reindeer would see the glitter sparkling in the moonlight.

One of our family's Christmas traditions is that the kids get to open one gift from Mommy & Daddy. This year they received the book The Polar Express, and each got red & green footed fleece Christmas jammies.

 Sylvie was very excited about her jammies!!

Last week, the girls had decided (after watching Polar Express a few times) that they would both really like to have a robe. On Saturday, Annah received a fluffy pink bathrobe from Grandpa & Grandma Lopshire, and she was ecstatic about it. That night Sylvia told Gram & Krampa that she wished Santa would bring her a robe too. So, on Christmas Eve day, Krampa set out on a mission to find one for her. He found the perfect one, so Sylvie got to open her special gift on Christmas Eve too. You can see...she was so happy...

A couple months ago, when the kids started getting excited about Christmas approaching, Daddy came up with a plan for what we would do on Christmas Eve. The first part of the plan was to play in the snow, but it was in the 50's on Christmas Eve, so that wasn't possible. Also, they planned to sprinkle the magic reindeer food, then come in and drink hot chocolate. Daddy made some for them--with BIG marshmallows.

Of course, cookies and milk were set out for Santa Claus, 

and last minute wishes and notes were left for him too.

Daddy read The Polar Express, and The Night Before Christmas before bed. 

(Another special part of "The Plan".)