It’s Christmas Eve!

Its Christmas Eve! Pretty soon the munchkins will be in bed and Santa will be bringing lots of presents!  Lots and lots of wonderful presents, some of which Santa and Mrs. Claus had to travel all the way an a ferry boat with two kids in the sleigh to pick up the only present Abby wanted for Christmas. I know it will be worth every moment though. Cant wait to see the looks on their faces!
Until then we decided to bake and decorate our cookies for Santa, enjoyed some dinner at Red Robin in our jammies (well, just the girls) and we drove around to look at Christmas lights. I love the little traditions that we are starting with our girls. Once we finished all of the fun and excitement, it was off to bed to have dreams of sugarplums dance in their head!
While the cookie dough was chilling for the sugar cookies, mommy baked some amazing peanut butter cookies. Santa’s new favorite.

Abby and Ellie in matching Christmas Jammies. My favorites!
Ready to decorate some cookies!
Cookie decorating is serious business.
One of the finished products!
The goodies are all plated and ready for Santa and the reindeer.
Ready for bed and hoping that Santa will put lots of presents where they are sitting.
Pretty Christmas tree
After many hours of building one Barbie Dream House, one near miss of Ellie catching Santa in the act of prepping the tree,  wrapping and more Santa finally made his stop at the Wharton House.

Christmas Lights

Tonight we piled ourselves into the car, the girls in their jammies, with some yummy treats and drove all over the city see some Christmas lights. Just like most cities, Seattle has a Candy Cane Lane which was adorable and well done. Its located in some of the older neighborhoods near the University so the homes that were decorated had a lot of the old Seattle charm. Several other neighborhoods tout some spectacular lighting displays and we took a peek at those as well. 
Searching for Christmas lights has become a Wharton tradition with the girls. I am glad that even though we have moved away from California and the San Fernando Valley we can still carry on with those traditions. Makes my heart warm and puts a huge smile on my face. The girls eventually fell asleep, which allowed Shaun and I to enjoy a quiet drive too. It was a simple night but one we enjoyed very much.
Candy Cane Lane
Candy Cane Lane
One of several neighborhoods near Green Lake all decked out for Christmas