CHRISTMAS EVE

Merry Christmas Eve everyone! We just got back from diner at mom & dad's, classic Italian style....lasagna! We are home right now anxiously awaiting the arrival of Santa:) The stockings are hung, the cookies have been left, the reindeer food sprinkled on the lawn, the kid's are pretending to be asleep........and the parents are exhausted:) Scott has actually gone back out to pick up a last minute "surprise" for Owen. I just hope to be in bed by midnight:) This year dad surprised us all with Santa hats at diner.......cute dad:) The stipulation was that you couldn't eat until you wore the hat.....we all had fun with it, I think partly because we're all a little CRAZY anyways!!

Everyone knows you HAVE to sprinkle reindeer food (oats with glitter) in order for Santa to find your house!

Check out the notes left by the kids. Owen made a yes or no questionnaire for Santa, and then wrote on the back, "I hope you stay warm". Kayla obviously did hers to pacify me:)

One more thing...............you should never hide a Christmas gift in that "special" place, especially when you can't remember where that "special" place is..........a sign of aging I guess;)

It took me an hour to remember where I hid Kayla's class ring, I had wrapped it a week ago and put it away for "Santa" to bring.............I had to laugh when I finally remembered:)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!