Merry Christmas Eve and see you later, Rick!

Every Christmas Eve our tradition is to spend time with my side of the family. We have dinner, hang out, and wait for the clock to turn midnight to open our presents. This year was no different. Brandon was so excited to see his cousins. They played and Brandon even introduced his elf Rick to them. We had to explain to them why there was this little elf hanging from one of our light fixtures. 

They thought it was the coolest thing ever! Piper wrote a note to Rick asking him a few questions and Rick replied back by sneaking a note into her jacket pocket, she turned bright red when she found it as they were leaving. Her, Skyler, and Prue were so amazed and freaked out all at the same time. 

For dinner we let them make their own pizza! 

And for dessert they made gingerbread houses (which was not easy to make at all!)

I was just telling josh before bed how much fun they are right now... Experiencing Christmas with these kids makes us truly happy. 

So since tomorrow is Christmas our first tradition with our elf Rick is officially over. I was a little skeptical on whether or not Brandon would truly understand the meaning behind the elf, but he really surprised us on how much he truly loved Rick. Every morning he would wake up with so much excitement to find him. Both Josh and I loved having Rick around as well... It even became very competitive at times, we would try to 'out-rick' each other by seeing who had the funniest idea on where we would find him. Once Brandon found him he would always say 'Ah, Rick is so silly!!' 

We will miss you Rick, thank you for introducing Brandon to the meaning of Christmas and magic. We are also thankful for bringing Brandon's naughty level down to a minimum. until next year!