The boys were very excited about Christmas this year. They are now both of the age where they understand that Christmas is coming, it’s Jesus’ birthday and we do a lot of extra fun things that we only do at Christmas.

We saw Santa Claus a number of times this year. We saw him at the Tree Lighting for the City but they sort of just walked past him because they were a bit scared. We saw him at the mall and they were super excited. Not only did they see him but they even got their picture taken and hugged him! I could hardly believe it! We also saw Santa at a tree lighting display but they only wanted their picture if mom and dad were holding them, although Gabriel did go back and give Santa a hug.

At the light display where we saw Santa, he also had a little playhouse so the kids were definately enjoying that.

In preschool, the boys each put on a small presentation with their classes. Gabriel was a sheep and Matthew was a cow. They both participated and did real well. For each class presentation the teacher had made a birthday cake for baby Jesus and the kids all sang Happy Birthday to Jesus. Then they ALL helped to blow out the candle. It was really cute. All that week at home the boys were pretending to bake cakes and were singing Happy Birthday to Jesus.

Another favorite part of Christmas for us is making cookies. The boys were both getting into the baking this year. We made some mint chocolate chip cookies and there seemed to be a lot of taste testing going on.

It was definately a busy Christmas season but we enjoyed it and enjoyed being with our family and friends to share this special day.