Christmas at Our House

We started our Christmas celebration by attending the Christmas Eve service at our church. After dinner we had a birthday cake for Jesus. Wesley and Lydia blew out the candles.
Once the kids were in bed we put out the presents. Before opening the presents on Christmas morning, we read about Jesus' birth in Luke 2.
Wesley helped Josiah open his presents.
Chris enjoyed all the homemade soups two weeks ago, but he didn't like the mess I made with our blender so he gave me an immersion blender. I hope I don't make a huge mess on the stove with it.
We enjoyed having my parents here for Christmas.
Wesley really likes this knight costume and has been wearing it a lot.
While we were opening gifts, Chris spotted a fox walking down our sidewalk! The fox took off when we opened the door to get a picture of him.
We gave my mom some jewelry.
And she gave Lydia some jewelry.
Opening gifts made Josiah tired and he had to take a nap after opening only two.
Chris had to refer to the owner's manual every time Wesley wanted to transform Bumble Bee.
Wesley and Lydia both liked his science kit.
I am glad that I don't have to work in the kitchen with a baby strapped to my back.
The kids liked cutting out "cakie" sugar cookies and decorating them.
Josiah practiced prop sitting!
All the kids got in on the dress-up action! Josiah will have lots of embarrassing photos taken of him over the years thanks to his older sister.
Lydia wasn't really interested in this Ariel bridal costume that she got last year until she saw The Sound of Music last week. Now she is very interested in being a bride and getting married.

Wesley loves his Rush Hour Jr game and he is really good at it.
We had a very blessed Christmas indeed.