December 30th - Christmas Day Pictures
We had probably the best Christmas ever! Everyone seemed to have more of a focus on what was important this year.
I'm such a mean mother because I told the children that they couldn't come downstairs until 7:30. I figured what is the point in getting up at the crack of dawn and then by 9 a.m. everyone is exhausted. They were pretty good, though I do think they were up way before 7:30!
They came down and we let them open their stocking gifts and then we did our advent reading for Christmas. We have been doing the Jesse Tree which traces Jewish history from creation all the way through the birth of Christ. You do a reading each day and then hang an ornament on a little table top tree to represent that part of the history.
We had a big breakfast of french toast, sausage and fresh fruit then they opened their gifts. We received a Christmas trivia game from a couple in our church so the kids had to answer the questions before they opened the presents. It actually was a lot of fun and I never knew there was so much Christmas trivia!
Dan and I have always had a rule that we take turns opening the gifts and we "ooh" and "aah" over each other's gifts. We want them to be considerate of each other and the "just ripping into them" seems so pointless. And a nice thing about this is that it makes the day last that much longer. We finally finished with everything at 11:30.
We went to my sister's house for dinner and they spent the afternoon playing with their cousins. Overall, it was a great day!
Here are some pictures.
Some of their favorite gifts:
Stephen
Nathan
Emily
I'm such a mean mother because I told the children that they couldn't come downstairs until 7:30. I figured what is the point in getting up at the crack of dawn and then by 9 a.m. everyone is exhausted. They were pretty good, though I do think they were up way before 7:30!
They came down and we let them open their stocking gifts and then we did our advent reading for Christmas. We have been doing the Jesse Tree which traces Jewish history from creation all the way through the birth of Christ. You do a reading each day and then hang an ornament on a little table top tree to represent that part of the history.
We had a big breakfast of french toast, sausage and fresh fruit then they opened their gifts. We received a Christmas trivia game from a couple in our church so the kids had to answer the questions before they opened the presents. It actually was a lot of fun and I never knew there was so much Christmas trivia!
Dan and I have always had a rule that we take turns opening the gifts and we "ooh" and "aah" over each other's gifts. We want them to be considerate of each other and the "just ripping into them" seems so pointless. And a nice thing about this is that it makes the day last that much longer. We finally finished with everything at 11:30.
We went to my sister's house for dinner and they spent the afternoon playing with their cousins. Overall, it was a great day!
Here are some pictures.
Some of their favorite gifts:
Stephen
Nathan
Emily
Nice pictures! It sounds like you all had a very nice Christmas! Happy New Year! Lori Suckling
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