We had a simple, sweet Christmas this year–all on our own. The above picture was taken on Christmas eve after church. Owen sang in the children’s choir (“On Christmas Night” and another one–something with bells…). He did a great job! He read his verses nice and slow and only got hung up on “Quirinius.” Sara and Drew sang along with the carols and tried to light us on fire with the candle, but we all made it though intact.
We didn’t have a picture for our Christmas card this year, so we bribed them with cookies (Drew’s is in his hand) to stand in front of the tree in their holiday clothes and took a zillion pictures (4 per second, I think). This was my favorite outtake…
In the morning, we found that Santa had come, and brought the kids some maracas. Of course, a parade was held:
He also brought an easel with a chalkboard and an eraser.
In the excitement of it all, we forgot to cook the Christmas morning sausage, but we did eat the Christmas Stollen (from Cascade Baking) and Sara’s special juice and a double pot of coffee.
Then we opened our presents, Â read the books, and took out all of the tiny parts of everything. Here are some scenes…
Our traditional cozy socks from Daddy:
Sara’s beloved and long-awaited “Pillow-Pet”:
Owen, halfway through his new stash of books:
After a lovely Christmas nap, we had our feast, including these tiny tarts that Sara helped me fill. So CUTE and YUMMY!
A sweet day, with it’s challenges like all of them, but somehow everything all came together and we really enjoyed our family.
(Thank Goodness…!)
That sounds just lovely!!