It's Almost Here!

I love this time of year! I am so excited to see all of my family and share such memorable moments with them. Since my aunt is such a big part of our lives we will be going over to her house to spend the night Christmas Eve. She and her Husband don't have children so my kids are just as much theirs as they are mine.
The kids are there now while I do some last minute cleaning and making room for new stuff. I plan on going over to her house first thing in the morning and baking all day with the kids. Even though we don't really do the whole Santa thing we have never denied our kids the magic of believing. The have asked if we can bake cookies for Santa and leave them by the fireplace for him to eat. So of course we will make fun cookies. They have been told the story of where Santa comes from and why he did the things he did. We have told him that the spirit of Santa lives in your heart and we should give to others as he did out of the goodness of your heart. As always before bed we will read to them the Nativity Story just so that they never forget the true reason for the season.
Christmas afternoon we all will be going over to my cousin's house for a pot luck lunch and gift exchange. I can hardly wait to see the rest of the family! After that Jason the kids and I will be driving to Fountain to see his side of the family and have dinner and more gifts! Aunt Linda will be coming home tomorrow so the kids are very excited to see her again! She has been in Tennessee with her daughters and grandchildren foe almost two weeks! We are all missing having her around.
Merry Christmas Everyone!