Advent: Christmas Eve

Always a favorite... getting ready for Father Christmas! Sadly Raf woke up poorly. We chalked it up to one of his fever episodes as we'd been burning the midnight candle at both ends, and that can often trigger a fever. Not to miss out, though, we enjoyed our usual Christmas Eve fun, which involves going to the bookstore, enjoying a little treat, whilst one of us dashes in to get last minute things. En route home we stopped off at Shaws to make sure we had in our English goodies.

And then, after a short break, we made some cookies for Father Christmas.

After a bath and some downtime - the kids were still on fire. All were exhausted, and all were ready for bed. We still made time to hang our stockings.

Read a quick book... well, look at some pictures.

And this pic was the best that I could get of the crazy crew.

We left some carrots (which both Harriet and Charlie were eating!), some cookies, milk, and wine.

Nice carrot face, Charlie!

And then to bed... Charlie was a hold out!