Our Christmas celebrations began on Christmas Eve at our church, Holy Trinity, with an intimate family service. Beautiful music and the Christmas story told by the lead Sunday School teacher. Graham joined the church choir and went back to sing for the candlelight service.
Our stockings were hung by the chimney with care. Notes and snacks for Santa and his reindeer were prepared.
And then came Christmas morning. The girls ran out of their beds to see if Santa had left any clues - most notably, presents, of course - that he'd been there the night before. As Addy found out, when you ask Santa for an elf, the best he can come up with is an Elf on the Shelf. Here she is studying up on how it works.
Addy proudly watching Cora open the presents she picked out and wrapped for her. It included every manner of little bug she found at the store - a motorized caterpillar, some banana slug window clings, and a fuzzy, wiggly worm. She knows her sister and her love of worms and slimy things well.
Uncle Sean fed the girls' Star Wars craze with these super awesome lightsabers. Admittedly, we've all had a little fun playing with them.
I just love Cora's face in this one. She gets really into it!
A token zombie gift for Graham.
We got to enjoy the rest of the day relaxing and checking out all our new toys. It didn't take Addy long to dive into this detective adventure, or for the girls to start making zip lines from their new Goldieblox kit.
And, we kept tradition going with a delicious beef tenderloin dinner. A wonderful Christmas.
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