Christmas Eve was a nice relaxing day; actually, so was Christmas. The kids are at great ages to enjoy the rituals, the mysteries, and the whole experience.
We spent most of the day at home. We managed church Christmas Even afternoon as a family.
Clair sang a lot of Happy Birthday Jesus on Christmas Eve as well, which just made me so happy. I'm glad to help the kids learn about the reason for the season any way we can.
Christmas eve we did our Gingerbread houses. This has become a Christmas eve morning tradition. I'm glad we've made one. I got some really cute pictures of the kids hard at work.
We had a visit from Sarah with Christmas presents. Then headed into town for a pre-church treat at Starbucks. The kids were excited about their hot chocolates. Church was a bit of a mad house with about 100 or so excited kids. Ours were very well behaved, yes, I'm bragging a bit. They might not have sang, but they were quiet, and listened.
After church we returned home and enjoyed a evening together. The kids had baths and watched the Grinch after dinner. Then we did the remaining Christmas chores - putting out reindeer food, putting out Christmas cookies, hanging the stockings, and most importantly trying to get the children to sleep. Given all the excitement, they did very well. I am proud to say they went to bed and David and I enjoyed a nice evening of a movie and treats. It was lovely!
Visions of sugar plums danced through our heads as we waited for Santa and Christmas to arrive.
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