Christmas in Cape Breton

We arrived back home from Aunt Norma's just in time to start preparing for Santa's arrival. Tyler was super excited to make cookies to leave out with a glass of milk. We made oatmeal and raisin cookies that turned our super moist and delish. After we were finished and of course, sampled a few, Tyler went out with Dad to throw some oatmeal and Cheerios on Nanny's front lawn for the reindeer. It was Tyler's idea to add the Cheerios. LOL

 After a good night's sleep, Tyler woke us all up to go check to see if Santa came. Santa knew that we would be spending Christmas at Nanny's house and dropped off a few gifts for him which included the prairie dog and Poke Park 2 game that he asked for. Santa also surprised him with the Battleship game, Scrabble, a remote control car, sweaters, ornaments, and DVDs. He also gave Tyler a bike bell, though we weren't sure why because his old bike had been broken for quite some time now. Tyler was sure it was because Santa must have dropped off the shark bike that he asked for at our place in Virginia. We weren't quite certain.
Once the excitement of Christmas morning settled down a bit, Steve suggested we take a drive up to the Cabot Trail. He is always searching for property along the Cabot Trail online when we are home in Virginia and now he wanted to actually go see some of the lots in person. The one lot he was most interested in, we couldn't find. We think it must be already sold, so we went on to look at another piece of property. We all got out and walked a part of it. Once we got back in the car, we continued on to Smokey Mountain. Steve got out a took some beautiful photos.
We then headed back home and took a drive into Sydney to check out to see what was actually opened on Christmas Day. Of course, the pharmacies but also one Tim Horton's that had three crazy long lines for the drive-thru. Returning back home, we needed to rush to get ready for dinner at Marlene's. Marlene has been a friend of mine since we were 8 years old and she is now my brother's girlfriend. She did an amazing job on dinner. Everything tasted amazing. Her parents were also there, as well as her brother and his wife. Overall, it was a pretty good Christmas Day.