Christmas Eve

Today brought us to Strawberry Hill for an afternoon of sledding and fun! I'm not a big planner, and we have a new baby, so our Christmas break has been pretty quiet. The littles don't seem to mind though as they are easy-going and prefer to just relax at home and play around the Acreage.

Grampa came along too, and they thought it was pretty fun to go down the hill with him. We are pretty lucky to have a Grampa that can still sled and have fun with us!

Daddy was also a favorite to sled with, and he got in a lot of good runs with the littles!

The boys discovered another path a little further over that started slow and then dropped off and sent you flying to the end! It quickly became a favorite. I was amazed at how many times their little legs carried them tirelessly back up the hill.

Mr. Stannix and I squished onto a crazy carpet a few times and I may have screamed the whole way down the hill. He made fun of me for slowing us down with my hands and we crashed at the end. It's been a long time since I've laughed that hard and felt that kind of rush. My butt hurt, but my heart was full!

After finishing a giant pot of hot chocolate, Mr. Stannix got started on a double batch of Grampy's Tacos. Finley Gardiner was Mike's great-grandfather and the recipe has been passed down through the family. It's a Christmas eve tradition to make Grampy's tacos and Mr. Stannix just keeps getting better!

We turned on Christmas songs and the kids "oo-ed" and "ahh-ed" at his mad flipping skills.

My job is to fill them with meat and get them ready to fry.

We ate at the big table next to the Christmas tree with Gramma and Grampa! We almost ate every single taco and didn't have much for left overs. 

The kids had been asking about Christmas jammies all day and were so excited when it was finally time to open our Christmas Eve present. It's always jammies, but knowing this doesn't make it any less exciting for them!

I managed to get a decent group shot with everyone in it. I especially love the way Fins head is resting on Joe's shoulder and Ollie's gentle touch on Sawyers head. I sure love these littles!

Camilla loved snuggling Sawyer for most of the night, until it was time to watch our Christmas movie.

This sweet babe melts our heart every day!! He made a pretty adorable little elf and rocked his first Christmas hat.

Soon the littles set out Cookies and Milk (with a nice little booby trap attached) and hung their stockings with care. Then it was off to bed while the adults wrapped presents until nearly 2am.