Christmas Eve ~ Bike Ride

We had relatively warm weather today, so Reagan and Cooper decided to pass the time waiting for Santa by riding their bikes.

 

Christmas Eve ~ Cookies for Santa

We decided to make Santa some gingerbread/white chocolate chip cookies from scratch for his visit this year.  The kids did all of the work by themselves (except rolling the dough into balls, we made an assembly line for that)!

we have everything we need!

 silly kids ~ check

 flour ~ check

 mixing the wet ingredients

 Cooper's turn to mix

 adding the dry ingredients

 taste testing...just to make sure

 I think we have a winner

 success

 adding the white chocolate

 batch #2

 the finished product

 I think Santa will love them!

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

No Rest for the Weary

We got home around 10pm last night, but that didn't mean the kids could sleep in ~ they had to do yard work today.



Reagan helping gather the leaves

 Cooper cleaned up the toys in the backyard

 more leaves to be picked up

 Cooper picked up the acorns in the yard

 Cooper and Daddy had to mow the yard one last time this year

he loves this job