Christmas Eve

Great-Grandma and Grandpa Campbell came for lunch on Christmas, to visit and do presents with us. They gave the boys toques and mittens, which they really needed. The boys had gone out in the snow earlier that morning and had come in 10 minutes later, in tears, because their fingers were so cold! The boys gave them a photo calendar, which I think they quite liked.

A rare picture of James and Leah:

A very sweet picture of the great-grandparents with their two favourite great-grandsons.


After the Campbells left, Uncle Duncan finally arrived after about 8 hours of driving through a lot of snow. Then we had dinner and played games.

Daddy decided to show the boys the Norad website where they track Santa's progress around the world. Daniel thought it was pretty cool. And, of course, James loved looking at all the satellite imagery and telling us how it all worked! :)

Grandma and Auntie Lauren came to check out where Santa was heading next.

Cute boys in their matching jammies:

Then we hung some stockings and set out cookies and egg nog for Santa and some carrots for his reindeer.

Santa's cookies didn't last too long. I don't know if you can see it, but the boys' mouths are full of Santa's cookies!

Adam was so exhausted that evening that he had no problem falling asleep. But Daniel had a tough time settling down. We had told him that Santa wouldn't come if he was still awake. After he went to bed, any time he heard a noise, he'd get all worried and say, "Quick! Go to sheep! Santa comin'!" Finally, after almost an hour, he fell asleep. And Santa did come!