Life's Little Adventures: Christmas Season

Christmas is always so much fun, but with a 2 year old in the house, Christmas is SO exciting. Not a lot of sleeping got done in the month of December, but who needs sleep? Brooklyn thought the Christmas tree was the most "bootiful" thing she had ever seen and if even one small present was added under the tree, Brookie was the first one to notice.

As for the boys, this was the year they pieced the whole "Santa Mystery" together so they were great about playing up "Santa" for their sister.

This was the first year that Nate and I gave the boys money to go shopping for family members. I enjoyed the fact that Ryan and Brandon were excited about giving presents to others and also seeing the process of them trying to pick a gift their person would enjoy. The funniest part of this adventure was taking the boys separately to shop for each other. Wouldn't you know it? They picked almost the exact same thing for each other :)

The kids had their church Christmas program the week before Christmas. Brandon wasn't feeling well so he stayed home with Dad, while I took Brooklyn and Ryan.

On Christmas Eve, we went to our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 4:00, headed back to our house to open presents from my side of the family, and then went to Aunt Darlene's house for pizza and treats.

We opened presents on Christmas morning at our house and then had Christmas Dinner at Nate's parent's. It was a great day filled with family and love and most importantly. . .a celebration of the birth of our Saviour.