Christmas Eve is my favorite holiday of the year and this year was no exception. We had the day packed from beginning to "and to all a good night." Lots of games, Christmas movies, and, of course, puzzling throughout the day made it a Curtis Christmas!
As soon as us moms got most of the food prep done, we got the kids started on their gingerbread houses. Many of us adults participated as well…it gets to be somewhat of a competition!
After our delicious dinner, we orchestrated our annual Nativity. It seems to be getting better and better every year. Capri even wrote her part down to then read for the audience. To clarify the parts each child played, London was Mary, Kaleb was Joseph, Roman was a shepherd, Karoline the star, Capri the angel, and Spencer and Eli as Wise Men. I love this tradition. It brings the spirit as we look to the true meaning of Christmas while getting in a few laughs for all of us!
We then made sure to bake some cookies for Santa with all of the cousins taking part. With that done, it was time for these kiddos to get to bed. When we got home, we saw that Elfie our Elf had left to go back to the North Pole, but left some presents for the kids. Christmas Jammies! Capri was so upset that she had gone, but her Clara-style nightgown made her feel a bit better.
Christmas Morning came and we finally got our White Christmas! It had snowed a ton and was still going strong when we woke up. Perfection! Nothing better than kids opening presents in their cozy jammies with snow falling all around! The kids loved all of their gifts and then it was time to go to Grandma's for our traditional cinnamon roll breakfast. Yum.
The day was spent with the kids playing outside and with all their new toys while the adults hung out to recover. It couldn't have been better!
What a great couple of days...I am always a bit sad when it's all over!
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