Christmas Eve and Reindeer Food

 The weather was unseasonably warm for Christmas this year; definitely not a White Christmas!

On Christmas Eve, the kids headed outside to sprinkle their 'reindeer food" amongst the lights that we had shining on the house.

She is getting so tall!  She is already at least 3 inches taller than me and will probably grow at least another inch.

Yup, Sam and Steve were in shorts and Sophia was in her favorite sandals and socks.

A tee-shirt for this boy with some boots only because they were easy to slip on before heading outside.  

Ready to sprinkle her food!

Sometimes the kids do some light sprinkling ...

... and other times, they launch it high into the night sky.

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Afterwards, the kids headed back inside and opened their traditional Christmas Eve pajamas from us and posed for a picture.

Then, they settled in for a movie while Steve and I went next door to visit with our neighbors.  They had family in town and it was nice to have a glass of wine and catch up with them.

After the movie was over, we headed back home and the boys picked out some cookies for Santa.

And then Jimmy did the honors of putting the last magnet on our Countdown to Christmas:

With the kids all tucked into bed, the elves set to work making sure the presents were set out for the next morning.  Mia approved.