Merry Christmas and New Tradition

We had a Merry Christmas at our house. Craig's family came over Christmas Eve and we had a traditional meal. It was great to spend time with everyone and I was so glad that Craig didn't have to work.

Chris and Suzi gave Hayden a great present. It's a pop-up Monster truck. He LOVES it, but it's a little loud so he covers his ears and has us make it pop up. It was definitely a hit.

Hayden and Momo and THE truck!

Matthew and Momo

Michael and Momo

Suzi and Momo

And of course, my silly hubby and Momo

So we started a new tradition in our little family. At least I am hoping that it will become a tradtion. The director at Hayden's play school gave him a bag full of "Reindeer food". It had instructions on it that said: "Sprinkle reindeer food on your lawn right before bedtime on Christmas Eve. Quickly hop into bed because it works best when children are sleeping. Contains enough food for 9 reindeer including Rudolph. P.S. don't forget to say your prayers."

I thought it was such a cute idea. So we had Hayden get ready for bed and then we took him outside and had him sprinkle it in the grass. Then we told him that we needed to read a story and say prayers. He ran right to the ottomon in the living room and put his hands together for prayers. It was so cute because he was in such a hurry!!! We always say prayers in his bed! I had printed out "the night before christmas" and we read that and THEN said prayers. He is really starting to understand Santa. It's so exciting to see the wonder and excitment on his face.

One of the presents that Santa brought included The Polar Express. He was riveted! He is really starting to show interest in trains. It was a very cute movie.

Another present that he got from Santa was an easel/desk. Santa left him a great note. I just had to get a pic of it!