We have many Christmas Eve traditions. And even though we are not with all of our family, we still tried to do everything we always do. 
Of course we made sugar cookies for Santa. 
And everyone gets to help decorate.
After decorating cookies, we do our nativity scene. Both of the girls wanted to be Mary, so we decided to flip a coin. They were warned beforehand, that the loser was not allowed to throw a fit, and could then chose to be an angel, wise man, or shepherd. 
Can you tell who won the toss?? To her credit, when Kennedy saw that Whitley was crying she told her that she could be Mary. Every once in a while, the soft side of Kennedy comes out. Whitley chose to be the angel, and all was well.
Here is our small nativity. Hopefully next year, there will be some cousins around to add to the scene! (Colton made it clear that this was his last year in the nativity scene)
And then it was time to open up just one present. They know every year that they get to open one present on Christmas Eve. And it's always pj's. They know this, they even talk about what their pj's might look like, and yet they're still so excited!
Of course we made sugar cookies for Santa. And everyone gets to help decorate.After decorating cookies, we do our nativity scene. Both of the girls wanted to be Mary, so we decided to flip a coin. They were warned beforehand, that the loser was not allowed to throw a fit, and could then chose to be an angel, wise man, or shepherd. Can you tell who won the toss?? To her credit, when Kennedy saw that Whitley was crying she told her that she could be Mary. Every once in a while, the soft side of Kennedy comes out. Whitley chose to be the angel, and all was well.
Here is our small nativity. Hopefully next year, there will be some cousins around to add to the scene! (Colton made it clear that this was his last year in the nativity scene)And then it was time to open up just one present. They know every year that they get to open one present on Christmas Eve. And it's always pj's. They know this, they even talk about what their pj's might look like, and yet they're still so excited!
Even Bumpa got pj's this year.
2 comments:
This post really cracked me up. I love Whitley's face when she couldn't be Mary. I totally remember that being Mary was a huge deal. Ryan was our baby Jesus this year and he was huge. Luke was Joseph and he held Ryan and it was hilarious.
You tell Colton that if he thinks he is not going to be a part of the nativity next year he is dead wrong!!! If I remember correctly Cameron and I where still doing the nativity well into our high school years!!! :)
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