On Christmas Eve, we had lunch with Skip's parents, and spent the afternoon visiting. Then, we came home and prepared for Santa's big visit. After nightly baths, everyone put on their new gingerbread pajamas. We prepared food for the reindeer...
Every year, Gracie and Lauren are very concerned that the reindeer will come inside with Santa, and every year we have to reassure them that the reindeer wait outside while Santa does his work. Accordingly, we leave their food on the front steps.
Next, we made cookies for Santa because everyone knows that Santa runs on sugar. HA! While we were waiting for the cookies to bake, the girls posed a little more with George.
After baking, we left the cookies in a conspicuous place where Santa would find them.
The girls wanted to play, and we let them. However, it wasn't long until we heard the reindeer in the neighborhood and even felt Santa touch down on the roof. When I went outside to see if I could see Santa on top of our roof, Gracie was very alarmed.
Lauren became upset and started hurrying us all upstairs to bed. After all, if Santa had arrived and found us awake, he might not have left presents. At her urging, we turned in to bed.
Even William George stayed up long enough to listen to bedtime stories and sing songs:
Despite all of the excitement, the girls were fast asleep in no time.
The next morning, Gracie reported hearing Santa when he landed on the front lawn. Lauren, on the other hand, whined that she didn't hear anything because she was asleep. Either way, Santa visited our home!
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