This year on Christmas Eve we spent with our neighbors and awesome friends The Bakers. Brooke and I worked our tails off making the perfect boeuf bourguignon from Julia Child's cookbook. It's basically a glorified frenchy beef stew -- but it was AMAZING. The beef melted in your mouth, the gravy was delicious. Stephen made some awesome mashed potatoes to go with it. We were so busy eating and enjoying we forgot to take any pictures. Especially because we got to cook it in Brooke's new Le Creuset!!
We also had fun exchanging gifts with the Bakers, too. We all pulled names out of a hat and we each had one person to spend $5 on at Target. We all went together and it was really fun. Chloe had me and I got a Coke and a very pretty dish towel -- perfect! Max had Sienna and got her some chocolate milk and a game. It was really really fun!! I think we might have played Rock Band or something later after the kids went to bed if both families didn't have so much wrapping to do. And if Brooke and I weren't exhausted from the very involved boeuf.
We had the most fun on Christmas Eve with them, though!! We left a plate of home-made cookies for Santa and some carrots for the reindeer. Max also left Santa and the elves two special letters written/drawn by him. Here is the one for the elves:
Although now in retrospect it slightly resembles a Christmas Elf Slaughter...
Tyler and I didn't stay up too late wrapping presents. But it was so so fun to see all the presents for the kids from Santa and our families under the tree. They got SO many gifts this year!! Our families are awesome, seriously.
We couldn't wait to watch them open their gifts in the morning! And honestly, the only thing better than being a kid on Christmas is watching your kids have an awesome Christmas. My favorite part of Christmas!
2 comments:
It indeed was a fabulous Christmas Eve! We had a blast! The Boeuf was INCREDIBLE...I'm SURELY making it again. What would we do without thou Seiberts?
love the elf slaughter.
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