Christmas Eve

Our plans for Christmas Eve changed from what we thought would happen. This is what we did:
-woke up late
-got ready to see Santa at the mall
-we weren't allowed to take a picture with Santa, thus NO pics this year with Santa and my 3 kids
-came home to a still frozen turkey
-had to do a last minute sewing project that took an hour!
-had a crying baby all day (he was teething and now has a proud new tooth to show for it)
-got everything in the oven and on the table on time
-watched the snow storm get worse and worse enough to ruin our plans to drive to Draper for pie and after dinner activities
-our sister Kim worked so hard to plan a really nice Christmas Eve at her house, and more than half of us couldn't make it because of bad weather. We are so sorry Kim!
-did our own homely version of the nativity
-had no pumpkin pie to eat!
-had no cookies to put out for Santa, due to poor planning.
But what would Christmas be without spontaneous events popping up around every corner?

For our nativity Sophie got to be Mary, the part she may not have gotten if we did the nativity with all of our family. She told me this was the only part she wanted and would rather sit out than be another part. Peter was NOT Joseph. He only wanted to be a shepard, so that is what he was. Max was nothing. He sat on my lap nicely. Thank Grandma Canada for coming up with our great costumes made from their mickey mouse blankets. The kids were really good and sat in position the entire reading of the nativity story. They felt like the center of attention while us three adults sat on the couch. It was fun.