December Daily 24

I've always felt my winter farm village was incomplete. Leave it to Aiden to show me what was missing.

We braved the grocery store. Of course it was very crowded, but the boys hung in there.

The weather was actually beautiful and in the 50s. It gave the boys a chance to take their bikes for a spin. Lots of coughing ensued, but they were happy to have some outside time after being cooped up the past few days.

I planned to leave these for Santa, but I accidentally bought butter-flavored preztels, which do not taste good at all. Not sure when I'll make it back to the grocery store to buy regular preztels. I still have plenty of kisses and m&m's, so I hope to find time to try again.

Eric spent most of the day flying parallel to Santa.

Me and my boys. Love them so much!

Since the other treats for Santa were a bust, we decided to leave m&m's.

We decided we should leave them in the front room so Santa can find them. Aiden is certain Santa won't be coming down the fireplace because of the pilot light. I told him Santa had a special key to get in our front door if he needed to. He thought we should wait up for him, but I reminded him that we're not allowed to see him when he's delivering presents. Reid thought Santa would like the m&m's because they were in Christmas colors.

I was still fielding questions about Santa (and delivering drinks of water) well past 10:00 p.m. Hoping we all have a restful night to get ready for all of tomorrow's excitement. 

I hope Santa brings you everything your heart desires.