Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Tyler and Ryan helping us prepare goodies for Santa's arrival.







Right before bed, our family Christmas Eve tradition is to spread reindeer food on the lawn to attract the reindeer to our home and give them energy to fly to the next house. Then, we come inside and put together a plate of cookies and a glass of milk to set on the fireplace for Santa. Ryan doesn't quite grasp the idea that the cookies are for Santa and not for him so we had a few cookie casualties before we finally got everything together. Then, we set about getting the boys ready for bed when we suddenly heard a smacking noise coming from the fireplace and realized that our cookie plate preparations had met an untimely fate. There sat our dog, Cinnamon, happily smacking her chops after devouring one of Santa's cookies and licking the rest. (Santa's reindeer were in for an extra treat this year...leftover doggie slobbered cookies. Oh Yum!)