Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Christmas Day!

Twas the night before Christmas, so we laid out our cookies and notes for Santa, and headed off to bed. The next morning, we decided to torture the kids and make pancakes for breakfast before letting them see their gifts from Santa or open any presents. Aside from trying to sneak a peak every now and then, they did really well.
One thing about this Christmas I hope to never forget was during Christmas Eve dinner with around 50 or so family of my grandmothers, Cooper was deep in thought about something. Then he turned to me and asked; "Are Mary and Joseph on the donkey right now?" My four year old son was thinking that since tomorrow was Jesus birthday, that Mary and Joseph must be on their way to Bethlehem to have him right now. It blew me away that he was insightful enough to think of this! So, I explained to him that yes, Jesus was born on Christmas day, but only once a very long time ago, just like he was born once and we celebrate his birthday every year. He seemed to understand, and went back to eating.

Every Christmas I am reminded of how truly blessed I am with my family, my husband, my children and most of all with a savior who would have come even if I was the only one to believe in him! Our day was so relaxing and peacful, with lots of fun, toys, naps and food. Papaw and Jean worked so hard to make our time there relaxing and full of wonderful memories. Jean even went so far as to have a seperate tree for each of the boys, with a singing puppy stocking on top. She knows how to make each one of them feel so special.(spoiled rotten) We love them so very much!







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Monday, December 24, 2007

Making cookies for Santa

We decided to let the boys make some cookies for Santa. This is another tradition I'd like to start doing ever year. Plus it was much easier with several extra pairs of hands to help! The boys had a blast doing it, and it was good for them each to have their own space to work, their own dough to roll and their own cookies to decorate. It was a great memory to make!





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Sunday, December 23, 2007

The second best thing about Papaw and Jean's house...

Jean's tub! They love to "swim" in Jean's jacuzzi tub. She always adds tuns and tuns of bubbles so that when the jets come on it turns into a bubble wonderland. Carter was terrified of the jets, as was Conner, but we eventually warmed them up to the idea and they got bubbles and water on every last inch of that bathroom. Jean always makes sure they have a blast at her house! And boy do they!





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