We hung out Christmas Eve day as a family, did a few last minute errands, and then went to church together. Our church does a Children's service at 4:30, including a manger scene. Brayden's Sunday School group (3, 4, 5 year olds) also sung at the start of the service. Brayden was supposed to dress like a camel, but he wasn't very interested in that and he refused to go on stage to sing. We did eventually convince him to wear the camel costume but he insisted on wearing the hat (head) backwards. The manger scene was not your traditional but it was very funny and interesting to watch. Brayden's Sunday School class learned all about the different characters in the manger scene this year. He now knows all sorts of stuff and when in the mood, can tell you all about Baby Jesus and why he was born.
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| Brayden dressed as a camel |
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| Ready to go to church for Christmas Eve Service |
After church, we headed home to meet Nana and BB who were going to spend the night at our house. We all had dinner together, Brayden put out cookies and hot chocolate for Santa, and Reindeer food that he made a school for Rudolph before heading to bed.
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| My sweet babies on Christmas Eve |
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| Putting out reindeer food! |
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| Putting out hot chocolate and cookies for Santa |
After putting the kids to bed, we watched a movie with Matt's parents and then Matt and I headed back to church for the 11pm service. Matt ran the sound and I ushered. It was nice to be able to go back for a "real" service without the kids so I am really glad that Matt's parents stayed at the house and allowed us to do this.
Christmas morning came at its normal hour (7ish) and we all went downstairs to see what Santa had brought. Brayden got a new Lightening McQueen bike and Lilly got a dollhouse. At 1st Brayden was not sure what to think but then once we got him on the bike, he was very excited about it. We let the kids play for a little while and then got dressed. Uncle John and Aunt Dana arrived and we ate breakfast (breakfast
casserole and cinnamon rolls). Then we opened way too many gifts. We
are all so spoiled and very blessed!
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| Santa left Lilly a dollhouse! |
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| Brayden got a new Lightening McQueen bike from Santa! |
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| Banana & strawbetter candycane (morning snack for the kids since we ate breakfast later than normal). |
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| Trying it out...kind of hard to do on carpet |
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| And...he is off! He figured it out on the hard floor! | |
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| Brayden played "Santa" and helped deliver the gifts to everyone |
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| Lilly's dollhouse came with a toilet...this is her favorite part of the doll house. Go figure! |
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| Lots of new, specialized train track! |
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| Lilly got a train type thingy and LOTS of new animals for her ZooTalkers |
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| Future NCSU Football player...with his 1st helmet, padded jersey, and football pants! |
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| Brayden and Uncle John playing with Lincoln Logs |
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| Lilly's bumble bee pillow pet (Brayden got an NCSU wolf pillow pet) |
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| The most special gift of the day. Dana's mom made this quilt for them. All of their friends and family wrote/drew on the squares and she put it all together. It is filled with prayers, inspiration, and love. |
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