Christmas Eve

Since I'm impatiently waiting for my last child to fall asleep, I thought I'd post pictures of today's adventures.

We had a really fun time at the ice rink today. They have a "snow bash" every Christmas Eve and dump snow in the middle of the rink. The kids can make snowmen and have snowball fights. It has become a tradition for us. It is a good way to pass the time while we wait for Santa Claus. This year, our neighbors went with us.

I get frustrated sometimes that I can't post pictures of my foster daughter. I realized that she was in almost all of my ice skating pictures today so I photoshopped her out. She sure is a cutie. She has never been ice skating before and had a blast. She giggled and giggled and was so cute on the ice. She had so much fun that she forgot to go to the bathroom and had an accident. I wasn't prepared with extra clothes so we made an emergency trip to Goodwill for clothes. I had to carry her kicking and screaming away from the rink because she wanted to stay and skate. It was quite the scene. Fun times. 

 I thought this was a cute picture of our neighbors.

 Let it snow!

 We came home and cleaned our house in record time because Santa doesn't come to a messy house. We then went to the neighbor's house for a yummy prime rib dinner (I didn't take pictures. Shucks.)

We made a trail of reindeer food so the reindeer will fine our house. We also put magic keys on the door so Santa can come in. We have a fireplace in this house, but we didn't in our old house so we started this tradition. It is easier for Santa to come through the door anyway.

A book and pajamas.....

 Two out of the three wanted matching pajamas and they were so cute together. Erin likes penguins and my six year old like purple so I figured purple penguin pajamas were perfect. Yep. They thought so too.

 It's a good thing Rachel is still awake because we totally forgot to put snacks out for Santa. Rachel took care of it. I feel bad the other two missed it.

We always give Santa chips and salsa because he gets tired of cookies. Usually, we make homemade salsa. Not this year. Santa is just lucky we found chips and salsa in the pantry.

 Jean, our paperwhites are in full bloom! Love it! Love the orchids too!  Thanks!!

 I guess Hermy has to answer more letters before leaving...