Christmas Eve Eve at JoJo and Poppy's

I decided to start a new tradition this year.

On Christmas Eve Eve (the 23rd), all my grandkids older than 2 get to have a sleep over at JoJo and Poppy's house and their parents get some time to prepare for the big day.

Adam and Kelli were sure that Carson and Cambree could come too. Uhh - NO!

First thing they did was go to the play room and load everything they could into the tent: dolls, stuffed animals, cars, books, baby toys, wagons, you name it. 

If you look hard enough you can see Addi amongst the toys.

MyKelle and Gage in the tube. They walked all over inside of it.

We hung out with Poppy for a minute,

Then it was dinner time. MyKelle choose, so it was Wendys, of course.

I made Minky blankets for all the grandkids. 

Hardest stuff ever to sew on, but the softest stuff to snuggle with.  

We put on their new jammies and settled down to watch a movie.

Then it was time to "make" cookies. That's right, you take them out of the package and put them on a pan. Best way I know of to make cookies.

Bed time - yeah. 

Gotta brush those teeth, or eat the toothpaste as the case may be.

Snuggled in bed.

Now getting these kids to sleep was a task.

Lay with them, play music, watch a movie, lay with them again.

Finally at 11:00 they went to sleep.

Visons of sugarplums maybe.

In the morning we had to check and see where Santa was. Indonesia if I recall correctly.

We made Christmas Santa ornaments for their trees.

Poppy made Mickey or Minney Mouse pancakes, depending on who you asked.

We took them home so they could get ready to return a few hours later for our big Christmas party.

I think I'll keep this tradition. May have to change where they sleep however.