Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were spent with family. What a blessing, to have our families so close and traditions to keep. Grace Louise opened her last Advent countdown box to reveal an activity we always do, spend Christmas Eve with the cousins.
Granny DuBose and the great-grands.
Christmas morning we woke up, snuggled in the family bed for the reading of the Christmas story, and then opened a few gifts under the tree before Poppee Rick came over for breakfast. Grace Louise had mentioned wanting a dinosaur several times over the past few weeks, so her daddy found a very cool stegosaurus whose skin and bones separate for a fun skeleton lesson! I insisted on getting her a jump rope. She opened it, cried because she couldn't do it, and hasn't really touched it since. (Bad call, mom.) I did, however, wrap up a hand-me-down gift that she adored-- a Little People barn with farmers, tractors, animals, etc. I can see lots of imaginative play time with this toy in the future!
We joined BeBe, Pops, Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Marsh for a scrumptious lunch on Christmas day. We had so much fun just being together. Simple as that.
Christmas day was busy and exciting. We decided to wait until the day after to enjoy a Happy Birthday Jesus cake with friends!
2 comments:
Looks like a full day, but what a blessing to be close to family!
Yes, Katy, it is a blessing! It's also a challenge sometimes to know where to draw the line so that the peace and traditions of our own little family are protected from busyness and traveling (even if its only short distances). We're learning :-)
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