Christmas

This year we decided to stay home until Christmas Day afternoon, then we would drive up to Caliente. This is the first time in 6 years that we have done this and I loved it! It was so much less chaotic and we didn't have to pack nearly as many things or try and divide our time evenly with both of our families. This was the first year that Reagan has really been into the whole Santa thing, so it was fun to start some traditions with her. Christmas Eve was perfect and relaxed. We made Santa cookies and also food for the reindeers. This was such a fun idea! You make reindeer food with oatmeal and mix in glitter or sprinkles to make it special. We let her go and dump it in the front yard and then after she went in, we put out chocolate covered peanuts to look like deer poo so that she knew they had come! She was so excited Christmas morning to wake up and look to see if they ate her food, then it was real proof that they had when she saw the poo!! :) We also read about the Savior's birth and some other stories and opened a present and had yummy dinner. Then Christmas morning we opened presents (Reagan slept in till 9! Nick kept wanting to wake her up!) and she couldn't believe that Santa would leave her presents, she didn't even need to unwrap the ones from us. We had a great breakfast and packed up and had a fun relaxing weekend in Caliente. Overall, a fabulous holiday and I'm not ready for life to start again!! I hope all of you had a great time as well and some days off to chill!