Christmas Eve Eve:
We have three things that have become traditions for our little family to do on Dec. 23rd.
The kids exchange gifts with each other. This year we took them separately to choose something for the other. Reid brought his own money and chose new markers (because the other ones had dried out), colored pencils, and a princess coloring book for Georgia Kate. Georgia Kate chose a lego set for Reid. They were both so excited! We will include Rhett in the fun next year. :)
The kids make a birthday cake for Jesus...
We always go on a Christmas lights walk/bike ride. Reid declared this his very favorite tradition and was looking forward to it all month! :)
Christmas Eve:
Christmas Eve is spent with the Preston side of the family. We play games, decorate cookies, go to church, have appetizers for dinner and open gifts!
It was a wonderful day and evening! Chris and Reid ended up leaving a little early to make a Christmas Eve trip to Urgent Care when we realized that Reid most likely had an ear infection. The fact that he was crying about his ear hurting during present opening tipped us off. :( My mom brought the rest of us home so that I could get Rhett to bed and then Georgia Kate and I spent a little time together before Chris and Reid got back.
A little Motrin and some antibiotics and this boy was back to normal and more than ready for Santa to come! :) The kids sleep on our floor on Christmas Eve. They were sooo excited and it took them forever to fall asleep!
Christmas:
Santa came!
Practicing his walking...
All Georgia wanted for Christmas was slippers. She was thrilled that Santa brought her mermaid slippers!
A real football for Reid!
Grandma, Grandpa, Sue, Christie and Seth came over to spend the day with us! The kids stayed in their pajamas all day. :)
We had a wild and crazy New Year's Eve. Chris was in bed recovering from the flu, so the big kids and I played a few games after we got Rhett to sleep and then we were all asleep by 11:00. :)
Cheers to 2017!
I love that they get presents for each other and I totally need to get C&C to do that next year! Although when we attempted to do that with birthday presents last year, it backfired and they only wanted to pick out gifts for themselves... ha! Glad y'all had a merry Christmas and a crazy NYE!
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