24/Dec/2013 – Christmas Eve
Tonight is Steve’s last night with us. When Santa’s passes by he will pick up Steve and take him back to the North Pole until next December. We awoke to Steve sitting by the gingerbread house we made, with a letter and a present for each kid to open.
We headed off to Uncle Dave’s for the morning to see his UGLY tree and leave some presents. Logan had a great old time playing with airplanes and helicopters with Uncle Dave while Max and the girls raided his pantry for chips and snacks. It was a fun morning of horsing around and passing the time while we waited for Daddy to get home from work. Once we got home, the boys and I made sugar cookies for Santa and then we all played outside.
Finally it was time to open the present from Steve: Christmas PJ’s! Just like they get every Christmas Eve. Once the monkeys were bathed and in their new PJ’s we gave them each a small toy to open from us, just to hold them over until morning.
The kids all settled quite well at bedtime. I think the energy spent throughout the day with no nap really helped with that. Santa came to our house while we were all sleeping. He filled stockings that hung on the mantle and left toys for everyone.
Raising Macs 