As by the rules in the Rogers' Handbook, the kids get to open one present on Christmas Eve, chosen of course by us the parents... Christmas jammies! We also read "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" under the Christmas Tree, mostly that was Caden and I, but Cole stopped by for a brief moment.. enough to capture in a photo, and point to a picture of Santa, and then he was off again doing Cole things.
After the the story we put together Santa's snack... Cookies, Milk, Carrots (Caden insisted we have enough for all of "Rudolph's reindeer friends" as well) as well as a special Santa treat.. beer! I've heard Santa leaves extra presents for the parents if he finds a brew-ski waiting for him! As you can see by the picture the kids snacked a bit on the food as they were preparing it. You will also see Cole's "cheese" face (him saying cheese) not exactly every photographer's dream! But cute for the time being!
After the snack was put together Caden and I read "Charlie Brown's Christmas" and "The Polar Express" while Rob put Cole to bed. Once the kids were down we hustled around to finish wrapping stocking stuffers and blow up their bouncy toys for them to see first thing when they came downstairs. We also had to of course eat Santa's snacks.. or at least some! We started a new tradition this year as well... Santa tracks... fake snow sprinkled around Rob's feet coming from the fireplace. We also learned however, from now on to vacuum up the tracks prior to opening presents, as it made THE largest mess I have ever seen.. I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing fake snow all the way 'til next Christmas!
"Caden + Cole, Thank you for the snack. Rudolph and his reindeer friends loved their carrots. Tell your Daddy he makes great beer! - Santa"
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