Christmas Eve was spent with friends
Aren't these adorable? Reindeer cupcakes. They were almost too cute to eat. Almost...
The kids were stir crazy waiting for the Christmas Eve party so Cade played games with them. One of them was "how many crackers can you fit in your mouth?" It was fun.
Ahh, the Nativity. Courtney keeps trying this every year picturing a quiet evening where the children, dressed in costume, imagine themselves at Jesus's birth while listening to the calm narration of the Christmas story. Isn't that the way it's supposed to be? Instead, we have tired, overstimulated children that really need to go to bed but are too excited to do so. What we ended up with this year was a huge pile of costumes in the front room (cause no one could find quite the right outfit after 30 minutes of picky searching), an angel that had a meltdown because the sheet made him look like a girl, a wise man that pouted in the corner because there are no superheros in the nativity...or something, a "baby Joseph" that kept running off with the baby Jesus, a narrator that had to shout over the tumult while madly trying to shorten the dictation as much as possible, a Mary that put her head in her hands and cried saying "Why does this have be so stressful!", and a shepherd that knelt and prayed through it all. Courtney decided this was the last year. Next year we'll sing the nativity song and watch Luke 2.
2 comments:
Oh no-- PLEASE don't stop! I haven't been able to stop laughing through the description of it all. SOOOOO funny!!!
If only for the rest of us who are following behind you and can't quite make up the nativity yet, you simply HAVE to suffer through another year! ;)
This was sweet! I agree with Molly, don't stop. I think the surprising nativities are one of the best parts of Christmas! Fun to see all your posts on here! Looks like you are settling in your new place really well :)
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