Christmas Eve

We woke up Christmas Eve morning to my vehicle on the front porch...VERY close to having been driven right through the front doors. Very perplexing...

Until upon further investigation...we discovered that Susan and Dottie were the culprits.

Shew!

They had a backseat full of stuffed animals and dolls in the car with them...late night joyride, I guess!
Jason always makes me laugh. The girls asked for coffee...so coffee they got...

In teeny-tiny American Girl doll mugs. Ha!

Mid-morning, we headed to my parents' to spend the day celebrating Christmas with my side of the family.

The girls brought Susan and Dottie along to spend the day with us, as they would be returning to the North Pole with Santa that night.

Boy, are we going to miss these two little elves!

The girls with their stockings at my Mom's...

That is a cupcake hat on top of Lucy's stocking...and she sure looks adorable wearing it!

The girls with Bippy...

My nephew, Carson...

And my nephew Cade, who walked around all day snapping pictures on his play cell phone...

Lucy just hanging out...

Macy was loving the horse gifts she received!

Cade told me a month or so ago that he wanted me to give him a sock monkey for Christmas. So by all means, I found him a sock monkey. A dancing sock monkey at that...it's the cutest thing!

Lucy got the cutest book written by a Mississippi writer...

And she got an owl alarm that hoots. She loves this alarm clock! She toted it around with her for the rest of the day!

More horse stuff for Macy...

The sweetest gifts were these vintage necklaces...all the girls got one. They were created by using my Nana's jewelry. These necklaces are so special. The clasp on all the necklaces is a bird...my Nana loved her birds. This was our first Christmas without her, but it seemed as if she was there with us in spirit.

We tried to get a picture of all the girls with our necklaces, but the ones taken with my camera didn't turn out so great. So just a couple of snaps of me and the girls...

After opening gifts, it was time for dessert. Looks like somebody found his way to some red velvet cake...

Snowman donut holes made by the kids...

Then it was time to make little gingerbread houses!

They turned out so cute! My sister had melted peppermints in the oven for little "trays" to go under each house...such a cute idea!

The front two houses are Macy and Lucy's. Lucy's is on the left, and Macy's is on the right.

Once we got home that night, we made reindeer food to spread in the yard. We just used a hodge podge of things...oats, chocolate chips, and lots (and lots!) of glitter (oh, how I love me some glitter!)...

The girls got Santa's cookies and milk all ready...and placed Susan and Dottie right beside the plate so Santa wouldn't forget them. We sure are going to miss those funny elves!

The girls were in such a hurry to get in the bed. As a little girl, I always had so much trouble falling asleep on Christmas Eve. Not my girls. They are very eager to get in the bed and fall asleep so that they don't accidentally see Santa!

Right before bedtime, the girls wrote their letters to Santa. Lucy asked Macy to help her with hers so it wouldn't take too long. Lucy told Macy exactly what she wanted her to write. These words caused her Mama a lot of tears late that night...

Sweet tears. How precious is it that a 6 year old only wants "everybody to have a VERY merry Christmas." She never asked for one thing for Christmas. Because this was her wish.

She signed it herself...

I went to bed with such a full heart! And lots of anticipation for the next morning!