The weeks leading up to Christmas Day

Thanks to all of you that shared your thoughts on the Santa question. I am a lover of Santa and my kids are too. We do have lessons and figurines and pictures of Christ and the Nativity scene. We have been teaching them that Christ is the most important part of Christmas, but Santa is also a big and fun part of Christmas. And let me tell you, they are SUPER excited!

We had a blast building a ginger bread train this year. The kids had a blast putting it together and eating the candy that was left over. They ate so much that Zac ended up throwing up his candy about 20 minutes after we finished the train! He felt a lot better after that and we actually laughed about it with him.
We had a fun time tonight (Christmas Eve)! We had the opportunity to go over to Josie's brother's house. We sang Christmas songs while Bobby's wife Mary played the piano like a pro. We had a wonderful cake to celebrate the birth of Christ and had the kids reenact the birth of the Savior. Hayley played Mary and Zac played Joseph. Those pictures will be posted later because I forgot my camera! :)
We then came home and had the kids open their two presents for Christmas Eve. They first opened their new pajamas!!!!! Zac got some Star Wars pj's, Hayley got princess pj's, and Jack got Tow Mater pj's. They all look very cute in them of course! Zac got some reindeer food from his preschool teacher, so we put that outside and we got the cookies and milk ready for the big man as well.

We also have some pictures of the kids with Santa at the ward Christmas party. Last year, both Hayley and Zac were freaked out by Santa. Neither of them would even get close to him! But this year was a little different. They could not wait to get onto his lap and get the candy cane he was handing out. The older the kids get, the more fun it is!!! I do wish they would stay little though!!! We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas Day!! We are so blessed and wish only the choicest of the Lord's blessing for each of you!