My little cookie expert
We watched some TV until the boys woke up and while the cookies cooled. While we iced the cookies, the boys taste-tested them for us. (Yes, they were dairy free!) The definitely approved and we had to hide the rest of them so they would quit asking for more.
Decorating with sprinkles
Excited for Santa!!
Grammy and Aunt Nae came over to watch the kids while Michael and I went to church for our drop-in communion service. Neither church we serve has anything on Christmas Eve and Michael felt like there should be something. So this gave everyone an opportunity to come as they had time to stop and take five minutes out of their day to pause and remember the reason for all our celebration. We had a good turnout and many told Michael how meaningful they felt this was. I didn't see how many people were there since I was playing but I think we will probably do this again next year since it was well received.
For the rest of the afternoon, the kids played together. One of their new favorite games is to tackle each other. As you can see, Alex wasn't too excited this time around . . .
Charlie deciding to play with his toys using his feet!
Everyone was pleasant which was a nice change from yesterday! We decided this morning that we were not going to go to a Christmas Eve service this year. The kids had sat through a Sunday evening Christmas service and knowing their track record, Michael and I both felt that this year would be more of a headache than a meaningful Christmas experience. We spent some time instead though talking at home and remembering what Christmas is all about. Lucy reenacted the Christmas story with her nativity and then Michael talked a little about the meaning of Christmas. We said a prayer and sang "Joy to the World." The boys sat fairly well but Lucy was really engaged and hopefully something stuck with her.
The boys then let us know that staying home from church was the right decision. Around 5:00, they announced it was time to finish for the day. We quickly had dinner, bath and then it was time for bed. Lucy quickly followed - she was tired since she didn't have a nap today. Before bed though, she wanted hot chocolate with whipped cream (or Whoop cream as she calls it!). Once the whipped cream was gone though, she was done with her drink. It took her only about 10 minutes to fall asleep for good. Santa got to work after that and everything is ready for everyone in the morning!
Well, I am going to take advantage of this early bedtime since 5 AM will be here early! From our family to yours, we wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
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