Christmas Eve

So I skipped a couple of nights of posting, but I've been sick. Today has been a very busy day as Christmas eve usually is. We went shopping from 9 a.m. until close to 3 p.m. today. It is our year to host Christmas so me, my mom, and Maddy piled in the car to go grocery shopping for lunch. We also had to get a few last minute gifts as well. When we got home we played some and then it was time to start making cookies for santa. I really wanted to make the cookies from scratch this year, but my getting sick really put a damper on those plans. I got some dough that Maddy could still roll out and cut shapes out and after trying to make them tonight I realized that really is the only way to go with a two year old lol.

While the cookies were baking in the oven Maddy was a big helper and helped her Nana vacuum.

After the cookies were done we decorated, but Maddy didn't really want to put them ON the cookie. She wanted to eat the decorations herself. She put some decorations on santa's plate too. We then made some reindeer food and sat outside for the reindeer. She was too exhausted to really care about the reindeer food lol. One tradition I have kept going is on Christmas Eve. Every Christmas eve night we were allowed to open one present. Here is Maddy opening her present..

We normally go to a candle light service at church, but there was just no way to make that happen this year. Maddy left her plate of cookies and milk for santa on the table near the tree and is sound asleep in her bed. We did make sure to sing happy birthday to Jesus before bed because He is the reason for the season! Me and Maddy had a great day and I just can't believe it's already Christmas eve. I hope everybody has a wonderful Christmas with their family!