I've always loved Christmas Eve at my parent's house and even at 29 it still does not disappoint! Although we've lost a few traditions along the way (I hear the candlesticks are going to make a big come back next year!), we've kept most of them and added a few others. There's the big Turkey dinner which is always rushed by excitement to open one Christmas Eve gift. I learned Em has a little of Jacy in her...she could not control herself when it came to sneaking a peek! Then on to our Christmas Program...which sounds official, and some years we try to make it a little more prepared and official, but really it's just filled with lots of laughter, singing (bravo to Jazz), bells, and reading the account of Christ's birth.
Here's a sample below...pretty much a good indication of the noise level for the next 12 days! But who would have wanted it any other way? Don't answer that.
We end the night with tracking Santa and making up our plate of goodies to leave by the fireplace...
4 comments:
They may have been loud on Christmas Eve but the adults playing Rock Band a week later made the kids seem like a group of librarians in a sign-language class.
Well put, Brett! I had to mentally transport myself to another zone during the Rock Band debacle!!!
Its fun to relive those moments, especially now that I'm sitting in my nice, quiet, orderly house!
Whose crazy family is that?
That is OUR crazy family- and like Meg said, who would have wanted it any other way??? Once the headache subsided, the memories are priceless. I love Emma on the chimes and Jack behind her mindlessly blowing on that flute!
Rock Band could have been a whole lot worse mom! You should hear it at my house!
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