Christmas Eve Festivities

This was our first Christmas away/without family, so we knew we had to start some of our own traditions. Was it a relaxing Christmas Eve? Not really. The down-side of it just being us is that we still had to do the work ourselves, such as getting the food ready, baking the cookies, yet still trying to keep the house in order and watch/entertain the girls. In addition, we got dumped on with snow, so we had to work to keep our driveway clear.

Our tree on Christmas Eve, before the gifts were placed. "The Calm Before the Storm."

Kaila and I went outside to build a snowman. Here's our weak attempt at it. I was surprised how long Kaila stuck with it; I thought for sure after a few minutes she'd want to go inside. We'll try for a better one next year.

In the late afternoon we went to Church. When we got home, we did our well-established Reyes tradition of opening up our Christmas pajamas. Penguins!

After they bathed, they were matching-matching.

After getting into our Christmas pajamas, we took the girls outside to spread reindeer food on our driveway, leading up to our door so Santa and his reindeer knew where to go.

Finally, we left Santa some cookies and milk and wrote him a letter. Here's Kenna setting up the milk and cookies.

Their note for Santa. Note Kaila's signature (hint: it's a scribble).

Our tree, now filled with the goodies.