24 December 2006

starting traditions

new pjs from Grandma Kuhn (homemade)
before decorating for Santa

you have to be able to enjoy licking the bowl

ready for Santa ...

Tonight we started Christmas Eve traditions! We had SO much fun starting our own traditions. The kids are singing Christmas carols and anticipating Santa's arrival. They insist on staying up to see him come in and want to show him where the cookies are ... "just in case" ... they said.

We first talked about Christ's birth and the meaning of Christmas. Then, we opened new pajamas (made by "Uma" - my mom) and decorated cookies for Santa.

We then read Luke 2 and played out the scriptures. Logan was the Shepherd and Rufus was his sheep. Mark and Addi were Mary and Joseph and then Addi played baby Jesus as well. It was HILARIOUS! Rufus started scratching his ears so Logan said, "Look, my sheep has fleas!" It was so cute!

We read The Polar Express and The Night Before Christmas and then B-E-D!

We had SO much fun that this is a tradition we are going to continue each year!

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