'Twas the Night Before Christmas

We had a quiet Christmas Eve enjoying our turkey dinner and driving around to see the Christmas lights on display around the city. Before we left for our drive, Parker sprinkled the reindeer food we had made all over the lawn.





Spencer in the car all set to go!





There are certain houses that go all out each Christmas. We found one with a real leg lamp!





And we saw Santa at another already making his rounds in Brentwood.





There are even a few neighborhoods where they hang lights over the actual street from house to house.





We had a great time all bundled up warm in the car and drinking our hot chocolate. We came home and put the boys to bed--Parker had a hard time falling asleep, he was so excited for Santa to come. When I was checking the house later that night, I found his world map and the map Santa had sent him laid out in the toy room. Parker had been tracking Santa both with Justin on Google's site and on his own. You've got to love the magic of Christmas with children!