Low-Key Christmas Eve

Later in the afternoon my parents joined us for a very casual and low-key Christmas Eve.  We made cookies for Santa and had dinner together.  I kept with my soup tradition and made lasagna soup for dinner.  Then we took a little tacky lights tour in our nearby neighborhoods.  Fielder cut our trip short and we came home to check all of the Christmas Eve things off the list.

We left carrots for the reindeer, Magic Key on the front porch, cookies and milk for Santa, gave Elfie a hug and put him in the tree, and of course we read The Night Before Christmas.

The kids were looking forward to touching Elfie all day long!  Even though the pictures are blurry, I love the expressions on Fielder's face!

Notice a certain someone's hands reaching for Elfie!

Thanks Mom and Dad for making the drive over!  Once everyone was tucked in and asleep, I barricaded the upstairs with the couch so no one could sneak downstairs!  I even slept up there due to on-going sleep issues with Fielder and making sure no one got a peek of Santa's loot before the morning!