Christmas Eve

This was the first Christmas Eve in my entire life that I have not been to Yazoo City and spent it with my parents and sisters.  Since Jenny and Eric were here earlier, we did not do our normal Fulton Family Christmas Eve thing...  Mom and I talked about it and it was kind of nice to have a little "break" between what we normally do on Christmas Eve and then Christmas Day's celebrations.  So anyway, I kind of enjoyed our quiet little day around the house...just the four of us!

 

We made cookies for Santa  (Disclaimer...I am definitely not Susan, nor can I even attempt to be.  Poor kids.  When Vera is a little older, maybe I can try a little more advancements in the cookie baking department, but for now, when you have a 4 year old who just wants to slap it on there, and a 1 year old who wants to eat everything in sight, you do slice-and-bakes...  well, not even that...it's more like "drop-the-cubes" HA!  Oh well, Santa eats anything, I hear!!!)

 And then we REALLY got fancy...we added red and green m&m's to the tops!  Whoo Hoo!

 Then we had to sprinkle our front and back lawns with reindeer food.  I have made this stuff every year since I began teaching...  but this year, I lucked up and one of Vera's little friends at school gave her some.  I didn't even have to make it!  Whoo hoo again!

 

 We wrote our letters to Santa.  So lovely that my son decided to change his list and ask for things I'd never heard him mention EVER wanting.  Hmmm...  Guess we are going to have to write those letters a little bit earlier next year and tell him that he has to stick to what he says.  ha.

Here they are putting out those fancy-shmancy cookies we made for St. Nick... 

 

"Cookie!  Eat?"
"No, Vera...those are for Santa.  You've already brushed your teeth."

...the stockings were hung by the chimney with care

in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there!

 More to come soon on Christmas Day fun!!!