I love Christmas and all the excitement and joy there is! Having kids just intensifies that excitement and joy. Everything through their eyes is just filled with an intense amount of awe and wonder...something we try and hang onto, but we don't realize how much we've lost until we see it through our kids again. We have had a rough week. Isaac brought home the stomache bug from school and it went through our entire family. Thankfully by Christmas Eve night we were all feeling okay...not 100%...but good enough to have fun :) I was able to make it to the candlelight service at church which was really nice since I had to stay home with Isaac, Grace and Ruth on Sunday because of the bug. After church we quickly got things ready before heading up to bed. The kids put out the milk, cookies, and carrots. Grace found the biggest carrot in the fridge and let us know that it was for Rudolph. :)
After we let them each open one present. This is the first time we have done this, but they were so excited!
I also didn't realize how excited they would be to open new jammies...but they LOVED them. :)
Ruth was more interested in tearing open the present with her mouth...
And the jammies went right for her mouth too...apparently she likes them too :)
We brought the kids up to bed and read This is the Stable and Twas the Night Before Christmas and quickly tucked Isaac and Grace in bed. Ruth came back downstairs and hung out for a bit since she had taken a nap during the service :)
Just before 1am the presents were wrapped and tucked under the tree... waiting for morning!
And the jammies went right for her mouth too...apparently she likes them too :)
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The photos of your Christmas tree and stockings were a nice reminder to me of "our" Christmases as a family.
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