Santa's Comin'!

After visiting three different places on Christmas Eve, we were finally back home to get ready for Santa! Edan was terribly tired so he didn't participate in the cookies and reindeer food. Eli and Emma made some cookies at the pajama party and they each picked a cookie for Santa. Here they are taking the cookies to the fireplace.:Eli wanted to make sure the cookies were just right on the plate.:

After getting two cookies arranged perfectly on the plate they were ready to set it beside the fireplace.:

Ok, so now we were ready for the magic reindeer food that we made at Eli's Christmas party at school. At this point, they were just getting so silly and excited! Here is Eli almost delirious with excitement!:

Before we went outside to sprinke the reindeer food, they jumped up in Brent's lap, they thought they heard bells outside!:

After Brent and I convinced Eli and Emma that it wasn't Santa they were ok to go outside and sprinkle the food.:

So, finally the cookies were all in place, the reindeer could find our "sparkly" front yard, and it was time to get Eli and Emma to go to sleep! Now, this could be a little difficult. They started out in their own beds, but after a while Eli got into Emma's bed! He wanted to sleep with her! How sweet! Brent and I decided to go ahead and let them sleep together. Here they are in Emma's twin size bed!:

I loved seeing them this way! After a while they stopped whispering and finally drifted off to sleep. It was going on 11:30! When I didn't hear them anymore, I went back in to their bedroom and they had all the blankets and covers over their head! Eli and Emma were nestled all snug in their bed while visions of sugarplums danced in their heads!