Christmas 2008

since jasmine was going to be gone on the 25th visiting family,

we had Christmas a few days earlier at our house this year.
good thing Santa is very accommodating and
was happy to make a special trip out to our house a little early:)

Christmas Eve...the kids got to open the presents they got for each other on Christmas eve.
van picked out some bubble gum lip gloss for jas, and jas got van a "pirate kit" with his own scary eye patch, earring, sword, and treasure box. he thought that was a pretty cool present.

then we put out the "reindeer food" for santa's hungry reindeer.
(here's the recipe if anyone wants it for next year)

magic reindeer food...
use a mixture of any of these: oatmeal, bird seed, rice krisipies, plus a little bit of glitter. Place the mixture in plastic bags, or burlap sacks and give with these instructions:

make a wish and close your eyes tight,
then sprinkle on your lawn at night.
as Santa's reindeer fly and roam,
this food will guide them to your home.

the sparkle of the glitter in the moonlight,
and the aroma of the oats will guide Santa
and his reindeer directly to your house!
(directions: sprinkle in yard by 9:00 on Christmas Eve)

exciting talk of how Santa will soon be coming down the chimney!
(after the fire dies down of course)

leaving milk and cookies for Santa

"while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads"

Christmas morning...

"Santa" leaves a few special presents unwrapped by the fireplace
for the kids to see right away..."wow, we got just what we wanted!"



my Christmas present is a new camera (that i'm still shopping around for).this camera takes terrible video, but it's all we had...
ok, let's...unwrap these presents!

thanks to the Christmas money from grandma toni,
the kids had an extra special Christmas this year!
(thanks Grandma:)
you better love those boots girl...i went to 5 different stores to find just the right ones!and before you know it...it was over.
luckily we have 364 days to plan for next year!