Leading up to Christmas Eve and day we had went to a night parade, gotten a tree, played with a nativity set each night, read Christ centered children books and did a 24 day advent countdown with scriptures and a craft every evening.
By December 24th, we were ready for Jesus’ birthday!
On Christmas Eve night, after Matt got home from work and supper was eaten, we did our final Truth in the Tinsel lesson and the girls got to open up one gift.
(It was previously wrapped. Papa B started before I could get the camera ready)
(This is what happens when you don’t have the right shutter speed set…blur.)
Every year, the girls get new pajamas, a little movie, some popcorn and hot chocolate as a present to open on Christmas Eve night.
It has become a nice little tradition that Ruby enjoys and Clara will learn to enjoy. Ruby got her first official night gown this year. She was excited because it didn’t have pants. J
(The only time that this little one even sits to watch anything on a screen…when she has food in front of her.)
After everything was finished for the evening we decided we would camp out in the living room, under the tree. Everyone was pretty excited. Of course, Clara and Matt fell asleep first.
(Sleeping face down. How does that work?)
Ruby was so excited to sleep on the air mattresses in the living room. She would doze off, then wake up and sit straight up. The air mattress that we were sharing kept deflating. (Thanks to many World Changer trips, lock-ins, and youth functions, they have seen better days).
She knew that if ours went completely flat we would have to abort the mission and return to our actual beds.
We made it about three hours.
She was a little sad, but quickly settled into her own bed. Clara didn’t even know we moved her. She was out!
The next morning was full of ripping paper, giggles and excitement.
Thank you to everyone that took time, effort and money to send us and the girl’s gifts. We KNOW it’s not an easy task and we greatly appreciate all the thought and work it takes to get them to us. They loved every single one of the gifts, even the boxes!
Most importantly we are grateful for the opportunity to celebrate our Savior’s birth as a human baby. He was and is the gift to the world. We show His love by giving gifts to each other on His celebrated birthday. Thank you for showing love to us and helping us to remember Him and why He came to the world.
Don’t worry…he survived the explosion.
