Christmas Traditions...

I've always wondered what I would want to do with the kids as they get older as far as starting Christmas traditions... Growing up I remember always going to my grandma's house, or to my auntie's house for Christmas day celebrations. I remember opening presents with my mom on Christmas eve and spending the day in our jammies and baking while listening to Christmas music. I also remember going to look at Christmas lights on Thoroughbred street with my mom on Christmas eve eve. Christmas is my favorite holiday, and its always hard to be so far away from the family when you've grown up with such awesome traditions.

But then that means time to start some new traditions with our growing family...

We started some cool things last year, and this year we've decided to really put some thought into making traditions meaningful and memorable. Here's some things we've decided to do with our kids during this wonderful season:

• Make snowman shaped pancakes on Christmas morning with blueberry "buttons" and eyes
• See Christmas Lights on Christmas eve on our way home from church
• Make sugar cookies cut out in Christmas shapes on Christmas eve
• Read the Christmas Story out of Luke 2 on Christmas morning
• Make a birthday cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus on Christmas day
• Open our presents Christmas morning after breakfast

And of course Jason and I will be watching our two favorite Christmas movies on Christmas eve and Christmas night after the kids go to bed: "A Christmas Story" and "Home Alone"

I'll post pictures and tell all after Christmas...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!