Christmas at Home

Christmas eve and day at our house was so fun.  Very relaxing.  When we got home from Leedey on Christmas eve Kinley still wasn't feeling too well, but both kids had so many new toys that they were entertained all day.  Christmas eve night we baked Happy Birthday Baby Jesus sugar cookies and decorated them.  Kinley and Griffin love to help in the kitchen and when cookies are involved it's a bonus.  The kids mixed, decorated, ate, and then we left some cookies on a plate for Santa.

Next up was the reindeer food.  We mixed oats with some sprinkles and then went out in the front yard and had the kids spread the reindeer food around.  We sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and they yelled for Santa and his flying friends to make sure and stop at our house.  We didn't stay out long because it was very cold.

We finally got the kiddos settled down and into some pj's.  We had been reading a new to us Children's Bible as part of our advent and we finished up the last story.  I really enjoyed reading out of the Bible every night for 24 days but I have to admit....the kids did not enjoy it.  My mom reminded me that even though they usually got bored and grabbed another book or toy, they could still hear me.

Christmas morning was just as fun as you would expect.  The kids kind of slept in (awesome!) but as soon as we went into their rooms and told them Santa had delivered, they became very excited and ran downstairs.  Ah, the magic of Christmas.

Oh, and it snowed Christmas day!  Fun!  It was supposed to be a blizzard but we'll take what we can get.

Side note:  I woke up with a sore throat and felt crummy but didn't really think much of it.  It was Christmas and I wanted to take it all in with my children.  By Christmas afternoon I started chilling.  Then I started aching all over.  Even my skin hurt to be touched.  Pretty soon it was clear I was sick.  I assumed it was the flu.  After the kids went to bed, I laid on the couch, hurting all over, and then here comes the fever.  Unfortunately, it was only going to get worse.