We have tried to establish some Christmas traditions for our family. Sometimes, given the age of our sweet children, our plans do not turn out picture perfect, but they are always memorable! We have several family nights that we try to do every December.
Our first December family night was our Christmas tree decorating night. This year, Mark set up the tree the night before, which help reduce the stress of the children trying to decorate the tree before he was done setting it up. The children had lots of fun putting the ornaments on the tree. My mom gets each of them an ornament each year, and they like looking at all of their ornaments. When we were finished decorating the tree, Mark read the Christmas story and then we had cupcakes to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We try to start off the Christmas season with a reminder of why we are celebrating!
Our second family night was actually a family morning. We usually make Christmas cookies one Friday night during December, but this year I thought Mommy might be in a better frame of mind first thing in the morning! We used my Granny's sugar cookie recipe, and the children had lots of fun. Anna Grace even took a turn helping Mommy. We all ate a few more cookies than we should have, but it was a great day!
Tuesday night we drove to look at some Christmas lights. The Huntsville Botantical Garden decorates their grounds with lots of neat lights. A new friend at church gave us a prepaid ticket, and we all enjoyed a good time together.
I really love celebrating Christmas with children!
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