Christmas Craziness/Fun

These past three weeks have been insanely busy trying to juggle work, kids, house, and prepping for Christmas.  With four days to go I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and feel like we are prepped and ready to relax and enjoy the holiday :)  We have managed to squeak in fun, Christmas things along the way in the midst of the chaos.

 We decorated sugar cookies for Santa today.  Nolan was very precise about where he wanted to place each M&M and spoonful of sprinkles.  He was so excited about decoding Santa's cookies this year and asked me no less than 15/20 times, "are the cookies done yet?" while I baked them.

 Quinn got into her seat and preceded to a handful of M&Ms and a few spoonfuls of sprinkles before either of us could interject.

 Hard at work.

 The finished product :)

Eddie zip-lining.

 "Eddie" the Elf has been moving around the house each night.  Nolan is very serious about behaving for Eddie that I am going to be sad to see him leave in a few days!!  Quinn loves to run down in the mooring with Nolan to find him and screams "Eddie!" when she does.

 Story time by Eddie.  Quinn stole Eddie's book this day and Eddie fell down face flat.  Nolan was concerned that Eddie had lost his magic and was hurt but we managed to convince him that he was just pretending to sleep so no one bothered him.

 Gone fishing.

 Stuck in the blinds trying to get back into the house.

 Caught red handed in the treats.

Hanging around.

Both kids have been enjoying the Christmas specials on T.V.  We watched Polar Express for the first time the other night as well and that was a big hit! 

We hosted Christmas with the cousins last night.  It was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast playing in the basement together, opening gifts, having a dance party, and wrapping up the night with a movie.

Next stop…Christmas!!