Christmas Eve

Cookies (thanks M) and milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. We never got to send our lists off, so the boys wanted to put them right by the cookies. Oliver only wanted a silver rocket, a color changer car set and some Optimus Prime pajamas, even though he put some other things on his list. Elliott's list got a little extensive, but what he wanted most was a spark scooter, some legos, a pogo stick and a dinosaur that he could ride on and control like a robot???? And at the last second, he added a kitten.
The paper from Ollie's "I-can't-take-another-second-of-just-looking-at-the-presents-under-the-tree" fiasco. It was bound to happen...
Santa's magic key to get into our house.

Christmas Eve is also the last time we saw Corny. Cornelius the elf helped us through the whole Christmas season. He would fly back to Santa every night to report the boys' good or bad behavior and then land somewhere else for them to find each morning. Some days he liked to fly to the same spot. Sometimes five days in a row....
This wall made me so so happy. I loved checking the mail every day.

So Christmas Eve would have been such a great day, but Adam has been sick the last little bit (gall bladder maybe?) and he spent the day in the ER while I did last minute things at home. I really missed having him be the excited and giddy Santa's helper. He's usually the one who remembers the details like the batteries and moves furniture into it's Christmas position. But this time, it was mostly me. Although he did help assemble the toys that needed it. It really makes you appreciate the health most of us enjoy....