Christmas Eve ~ Reindeer Food

This year, the kids and I decided to make our own food for Santa's reindeer.  We mixed together oatmeal, white sugar, red sugar and green sugar.  I'm sure the reindeer will appreciate a snack on their stop at our house tonight!

starting with the sugar

 adding the oatmeal

 more sugar

 Cooper was an expert sugar adder

 last was the green sugar

 Reagan is an expert reindeer food maker

 all done

 after church, Reagan and Cooper spread the food out on the sidewalk

 so exciting!

 my little elves

Christmas Eve Preparations

We had a lot to do today to get ready for Christmas...

Reagan brought this poem home from school...

and every night, we put on a piece of Santa's beard ~ today was the last day!
We made some cookies for Santa ~ White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies...from scratch

Reagan loves to help me bake

adding the cranberries

licking the beaters

Mom and Reagan in the kitchen

tasting her creations

Cooper enjoyed them too (he went to work with daddy this morning, but was glad to have a treat when he came home!)

While Cooper was napping, Reagan made Santa some sugar cookies...again, from scratch

rolling out the dough to just the right size

using Christmas shaped cookie cutters

Love, love, love this girl!

she can't wait for them to be ready

icing the cookies

adding the sprinkles

making sure the icing is ok to eat!

I love to watch these hands work

When we got home from our Christmas Eve service at church, Reagan set out some Reindeer Food she had made at school and some water for Santa's Reindeer

Cooper was there to supervise!

Preparing Santa's plate of homemade cookies

Cooper helped out with the milk

Our yearly tradition of new Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve

Time for bed!!!