Okay so we have one day until Christmas….my favorite day!!!! I am like a little kid. I still want to be surprised, but more importantly I want to surprise my children, husband, and parents. I love it!!!!
But here’s an example of how I love it and the kids are starting to have their own idea of what‘s ‘fun‘. Since we’re lucky enough to have a large family my children do Secret Santa among themselves. A few weeks before Christmas they pick a name out of hat and be that person’s Santa. Of course no more then two days later most have figured out who everyone has…I get mad…Where’s the surprise??? But I remind myself this is their tradition and their FUN is figuring it out. Still so frustrating.
I should also say that there are times I feel like I suck the fun out of Christmas or any event. So I must apologize to my family. I have my ‘traditions’ and it has to go as planned or I get mad….so I’m sorry. I sometimes feel like I’m being Bree Van De Kamp from Desperate Housewives…everything's perfect (or for me attempt to be perfect).
Two more of our annual traditions:
1. Christmas cookies for Santa
2. Christmas morning cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate.
Christmas Eve the kids decorate Santa Cookies….this year we’ve found natural dye food coloring (that’s another post) so we’re very excited. Mostly just because no one was looking forward to avocado flavored green icing. So this afternoon we’ll be decorating cookies for Santa. Karstyn demonstrated last night how Santa will hold the cookies up high so Marley can’t get any! She’s so cute. Kamden will not be here, he’s going to the Panthers game. Just another example of how big my children are getting (insert sad crying face). He was sweet when he figured out he wouldn’t be here, he was sad or at least looked sad for me
Second big tradition….drum roll please…..homemade Christmas Cinnamon Rolls and Hot Chocolate also homemade (really homemade I chop the chocolate and put the vanilla bean sticks in). This is a two day process, the dough has to refrigerate for a several hours, then Christmas morning I wake up around 4ish to start the rolls. This way the kids wake up to fresh cinnamon rolls just coming out of the oven. This year Bryson wants me to wake him early so he can help….we call Bryson ‘Clark Griswold.’ He will definitely drain power one day decorating with Christmas lights, he loves his holidays! Anyway I’m looking forward to sharing it will him tomorrow morning.
Side note - I know we haven’t done pictures, to be honest we haven’t tried…but it’s days before Christmas we should get a pass. Fingers crossed we’ll get some up next week!
