Well, it's Christmas Eve and the sun is shining... Time to head to the beach for our Christmas Eve tradition!
You know the saying, "You can complain about it, change it, or embrace it??"
Well, I am embracing!!!
I would LOVE to have a white Christmas, I'm not going to lie. But since I'm not going to change where I live, and I don't like complaining over and over about something, I choose to embrace it!
This has been our Christmas tradition ever since Autumn was born...the actual day we go varies, based on Ron's schedule.
I mean, I feel pretty lucky that we live in such a gorgeous place.
Today, ALL the birds were here. They must have just arrived from the north - ha!!
Autumn and Caroline were busy digging a giant hole.
Daddy and Brooklynn were starting the sandman...
Then, all the kids migrated to towards the water, like I knew they would.
Was the water cold?? Yep. But the kind of cold where, if you stayed in it long enough (and were a kid), it wasn't so bad after a while. haha
Me and C just chillin' while the big girls played in the waves....
Florida beach snow! haha!
Finally, the sandman was finished. Ron has so much talent, doesn't he?? lol
Merry Christmas!!
Hahaha! This girl. She's such a ham.
Bye-bye Mr. Sandman. 'Til we meet again next year!
Time to clean off and head over to get pizza (the best pizza in town!
nomnomnom.
The perfect little Christmas tradition.
Then, once C was napping, it was time to bake some cookies for Santa!
No, the cookies we made for our {cookie delivery} were NOT for Santa. lol
After C woke up, we spent some time watching some of the Santa Claus movies (with Tim Allen - they're some of my favorites!), whilst Caroline was protecting her snack container of apples from her sisters! lol
Then, it was time to make dinner!
They love when I make their pancakes into shapes. lol
Caroline figured out what the Rudolph nose was and promptly started eating everyone's noses. haha!
Time for the next round of Christmas eve joy - hot cocoa by the fire!
We don't have a fireplace in the house, so we did a fire in our firepit out back. Just as good. The girls love doing it.
We happened to have some sparklers left over from July 4th, so we used those tonight too.
Just an added bonus.
As the big girls were finishing up outside, I took the little one in for a shower and bed.
So, here's where the best Christmas present ever comes in.
Caroline was IN the shower and kept telling me "potty!" Now, she has been wanting to sit on the potty for the last 6 months, but all she does is just sit. But whatever - we indulged her. Well, tonight when I put her on the potty, SHE DID IT!!! I was so excited. I am ONE step closer to getting out of diapers, my friends!!
Last step of the night - getting everything read for Santa. Cookies, milk, making sure he's got the list.
We have 2 very excited girls - and 3rd one who WILL be excited once she sees presents in the morning. haha.
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