Exciting Eve

Here is our Christmas Eve top 10:
1- delivered cinnamon apples and caroled to some of our friends
2- picked up our traditional take-out (everyone chooses their favorite food from a restaurant, we call it in, pick it up and bring it home). This year we had Olive Garden, Applebees, Pick-up-Stix and Chick-fil-A represented.

3-watched Home Alone while we ate
4- read the Christmas story (Claire was Mary, Peter was Joseph, and Claire's baby was the baby Jesus). I read the story, Dallin was being difficult and Spencer was asleep.5- Santa knocked on our door! He had his beautiful suit on, a big red bag in his hand and he walked right in our house. He called our children by name and asked them quite a few questions. He let them know that he would be back later that night, after they were asleep and told them how grateful he was for such good kids. He left them with an M&M-filled candy cane and wide-open mouths. What a highlight for my kids. (FYI - Santa is a wonderful man and was being expected by us adults... just in case you thought some crazy man walked into our home unannounced knowing our kids names :)).
6- Rudolph dropped off a red bag on our doorstep with a present for each of us in it. Each year he brings us pajamas on Christmas Eve. This year seemed to be the year of the stripes.7- the kids sprinkled their reindeer food (sparkly-oats) to lure the reindeer back to our home to bring the presents they were hoping for.8- we put cookies out for Santa and a carrot for the reindeer.9- we had our traditional family slumber party in our room.
10- My favorite part of Christmas Eve this year was watching Dallin and Claire... sheer excitement.