He's Makin' a List

and he's checkin' it twice. Gonna find out who's "Noti" or "Good".

Or something like that.

Emerson has done Santa a big favor. He has taken upon the responsibility to report to Santa who has been "noti" and who has been "good". He even checked it twice (the check marks on the side).

However, if you'll notice, under the "Noti" column it says "Aleeya, that is it"

So apparently only one stocking will have coal in it............according to my Elf, Emerson.

Not sure what Santa would do w/o him.

My favorite Christmas decoration is my HUGE Moravian star on our front porch (24"). So I decided to order a 12" Moravian star for the tree-topper this year. I love it. It reminds me of Winston-Salem and my wonderful memories there.

 And as always there are sugar cookies on the tree that the kids made. Last year I put hot sauce in the the batter for the cookies for the tree. It prevented nibbling quite nicely. I was out of hot sauce this year so I DUMPED (and I mean dumped) Chili powder in the dough.

Apparently, I didn't dump enough............

 (or Royce has a VERY high tolerance for spicey stuff)

Here is Aleeya's list to Santa to put her in her stocking (Santa just does stockings around here)

 If you can't read it it says, "Kiwi, treat, chapstick, nailpolish, bag (purse), Aleeya, Chocolate)

She's so easy to please.

Little does ALEEYA know, Elf/Emerson told Santa she was "noti", and I didn't notice "coal" on her list....

There is just something magical about Christmas and the lights. Here are the kids getting ready to play hide-n-seek in the dark (but JUST with Christmas lights on in the house). I love it how when they play a game they have a FULL "roster" and plenty of players. :)