Christmas Eve was very exciting at our house, the kids knew what was coming the next day and it was sweet to watch them talk to each other throughout the day telling each other to be "good because Santa is coming tonight" :D But really the whole month of December was filled with fun and it really just flew by too quickly.
One thing in particular that Alyssa really enjoyed doing with me was the cookies for our neighbors. I really wanted to get an opportunity to introduce ourselves to our neighbors, and what better time than the holiday season? I'm not a baker AT ALL, don't really enjoy it because it's such a science that you can't afford to make a mistake because it will affect the outcome; yet my little helper reminded me it was supposed to be fun and she was right. We ended up enjoying baking sugar cookies from scratch, and decorating them. Even though AJ managed to cause a few accidents, we successfully baked and decorated them and walked our street giving them out to our neighbors.
I really did take an insane amount of pictures throughout the month of December, but I'll only share our Christmas morning ones on this post. ;) Back to Christmas Eve, the kids behaved wonderfully and as all kids do, they went to sleep without a fight on Christmas eve lol. That was wonderful for this mommy Elf because I still had some wrapping to do, and with our Elf needing to "move", making reindeer food disappear, and eating Santa's cookies,and preparing our overnight french toast casserole for breakfast the next morning; I could not afford to waste any time that night lol.
Christmas morning came, and the kids woke us up and I told them to wait for 2 minutes as I ran down the stairs set up the coffee, turned on the fireplace and grabbed my camera and phone (for video clips). They were perfectly patient and I was set for them to come down. They ran down the stairs and saw the tree! For a few short seconds they just sat there and admired the tree filled with so many presents that I finally said, "well, don't just stand there guys, go for it!" LOL
Throughout the month, I was trying my best to remind the kids the real reason for the season. And although I know as a child it can be hard to not focus on the fact that you know you have gifts coming your way, I'm very proud of Alyssa because this was the first year she truly seemed to understand that everything we do is to celebrate the fact that Jesus came to this world and he is the greatest gift we could've ever received. She understands that while we don't know his actual birthday, this day was chosen to celebrate his birth, and she knows that it's fun but also important to not get caught up in the presents, decorations, and other things we do to celebrate the holiday. She makes me very proud to see how bright she is and while AJ still doesn't quite understand, I know he will come to understanding as well as Alyssa does when he gets older.
I hope everyone else had a wonderful holiday, spending time with friends and loved ones! Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!
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