Christmas Eve morning

 It's getting harder and harder to find original ideas for Christmas. Well we did get another gingerbread house this year but Tayshaun decided he wanted to start without me. He was done about 5 minutes into it.  When I peeked at his project, I saw he'd broken several pieces.  I'm kinda glad the project is now complete...completely a bust, without me participating and now I don't have to.  Oopsie!

We put an outdoor Christmas tree in our front room so there was some sparkle peeking out of our front window because  we decided to move our main tree downstairs this year so we could enjoy it every evening not just when we put the lights on and off each day.

 
Grandma is hosting Christmas but our party is Christmas Eve instead of Christmas day this year.  So Tayshaun and I decided that it's a pajama Christmas day.  No turkey...sloppy joes instead.  Cookies, candy and eggnog slushies.  Now if that isn't original...

As you can see, I opted for giftbags this year.  So I have lots of wrapping paper left for next year.  It sure cut the time it normally takes to wrap.

   But after I wrapped the presents and saved Santa's gifts for Christmas morning, I realized that I only had a few gifts for Tayshaun....totally over $300 but that doesn't count to a 8 year old.  So I'm back to Target today, Christmas Eve, for a few more gifts for him.  I've decided that Santa isn't getting credit for the big ticket items this year.  I'll explain that he was on a budget this year.  So mom will the HERO this year!!!!   Again, this is just for the sake of changing things up a bit.

I'm sure glad that Tayshaun is still down for silly Christmas pics.  He liked these elf socks when he saw them so I bought them with the condition that I got to take a pic of him with them.  He asked me to promise not to post the pic on FaceBook....(but he didn't say anything about my blog).  The socks were fun but not comfy so he threw on some gym socks after the pic.

Merry Christmas eve to All!