Christmas Eve

I got up early Christmas Eve morning to get started on all that needed to be done that day. I wanted all the laundry done, the house cleaned, food cooked, and everything ready for Santa and his reindeer before we left for The Farm.

Landon giving each of the kids reindeer food to sprinkle on the ground.

Following Landon's specific instructions as to where to put the food.



Carrots and water for the reindeer. Boy did they leave a mess!!

Just in case Santa didn't want to come down the chimney, the kids wanted to leave Santa's magic key outside.

I think we accomplished everything I wanted to and even made it to The Farm on time. Which is a miracle for us these days!

We had a great night at The Farm. The garage was set up with trains that the kids spent hours watching. Karen even had a scavenger hunt for the kids to find things on the train set. They had a blast with this.

At dinner Karen told the kids she had discovered the Norwegian Nisse had been living at the barn. So after dinner we took a hayride to try to see if we could catch a glimpse of the Nisse. We scared him when we came up but some were able to see his boots. We did see where he had been living. He had a nice cozy place in the barn.

We spent the rest of the evening eating Norwegian porridge, blowing bubbles, playing checkers, watching the trains, and enjoying each others company.

It is never a problem to get the kids to bed on Christmas Eve because they are usually exhausted from a fun night on The Farm. Three were asleep before we even made it home. The other three followed right after we got home.