Christmas Eve was a day filled with fun, giggling, and excitement. We woke up extra early so I could watch Brody
while Aunt Sharon and Grandma went to work.
Gabby and Emma played upstairs all morning occasionally allowing Brody
to join in the fun. Then, we helped them
make gingerbread houses, which they all made with very little help and all
turned out great. After they finished
their gingerbread houses, we bundled up, and headed to Chick-Fil-A. The kids played for over an hour while Michael,
Grandpa, and I visited and watched the kids play.
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| Brody's on the left and Gabby's on the right |
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| Emma's gingerbread house |
Once we arrived home Grandma and Aunt Sharon were home from
work and there was more playing (of course).
Then it was time to get dressed
for church. The service was wonderful,
Gabby and Emma loved it! They got to sit up front for a part of the service and
watch children do a play and sing songs.
The service celebrating Jesus’ birth ended by everyone lighting a candle
(yes, even Gabby and Brody) and singing “Holy Night.” The candles were a big hit!
On the way out of church there were bags of candy to give to
service men and women working during this holiday season. Emma asked if her and Gabby could each take a
bag. So we took two bags and stopped by
the local fire station to drop their bags of goodies off. Gabby and Emma were excited to thank the
fireman for their service and hand them their bags. However, once back in the truck Gabby began
to cry because
she wanted the bag of
goodies.
Once back home we had a lovely family dinner. Then the children went outside and sprinkled
reindeer food throughout the back yard.
Then their busy night continued making s’mores for dessert and getting
dressed for bed. Michael and spent all
day converting VHS tapes to digital files.
We gathered around to watch the compilation of interviews of Daddy, Aunt
Sharon, and Uncle Mark each Christmas Eve.
We all laughed at the way the acted and the things they said. To continue the tradition we interviewed,
Gabby (which took two tries because she had a little tantrum), Brody and
Emma. Finally, the overly tired children
put out milk and cookies for Santa, Gabby kissed her hand and put love on each
cookie before heading to bead in anticipation of Christmas morning.
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| Feeding Santa's reindeer with their magical reindeer food |
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| The bag Grandma made to hold the reindeer food |
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| The kids with Santa's milk and cookies |
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| Kissing each cover to make sure they are full of love for Santa |
We read Gabby “The Night Before Christmas” and a story of Jesus’
birth before tucking Gabby in to dream about Sugarplum fairies and the
celebration to come in the morning.
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