Twas the Night Before Christmas

I have always loved Christmas Eve more than Christmas; I don't know if it is because there is still the anticipation of Christmas or if it is all the baking. My parents came on Christmas Eve, and Lofton and Landon immediately wanted to open their gifts. Lofton had asked for a DS, and he was sure Pop Pop and Mimi would get him what he wanted. So, when it was time to open their gifts, he first opened a DS game. Then, he tore into the others, and when he was finished, he asked, "Is this all of the gifts?" He obviously hadn't opened a DS, and it is because dad had put his DS in the garage with Landon's jeep. So, after waiting on Landon to open his gifts, we took the boys outside for one more. Both were thrilled, and both wanted to start playing. So, Lofton ran in to bury his head in the DS, and Landon bundled up to take a ride. Landon did convince Lofton to first go for a ride.

After gifts and dinner, we made cookies for Santa and reindeer dust! Landon said if anyone ate a cookie that they'd be on the naughty list because the cookies were for Santa.

Then, we headed to bed and read a few Christmas stories. The boys slept in the same room because Uncle Dustin was in Lofton's. They thought it was pretty cool. After a little while, I snuck in to take their picture, but I think Lofton was still awake; it looked that way in the pic. However, they eventually sacked out. Lofton did wake up at 4:00, but I convinced him that Santa probably hadn't come yet, and we all went back to bed until 7:00.