This year we tried doing something Christmas-y every day in December leading up to Christmas Day. Most days were VERY simple like reading a Christmas story or (on Tuesday's when Mark was gone) watching a Christmas movie. We also took the kids shopping for each other, had a Polar Express night, and made Santa cookies on Christmas Eve. Other activities (where we managed pictures) included...
...riding the train in to see the lights on Temple Square...
...making Christmas cards...
...and watching The Boy in his Christmas Program.
We also watched The Boy receive his Yellow Belt 3rd Degree. Not very Christmas-y but a December happening none the less.
We also had an elf this year to keep an eye on things. The kids LOVED finding Christopher every morning. Even Junebug was thrilled to see him and would point and giggle when she'd discovered where he was. He got up to a number of silly things, but we only remembered to get one picture...
With 1:00 church, I thought it might be nice to get the girls really dolled up the Sunday before Christmas
I'm ABSOLUTELY loving 9:00 church now, but I will miss being able to do this!
That Sunday, The Queen started fevering and everyone started feeling a bit lousy. Christmas Eve was spent stocking up at the pharmacy and with kids watching Christmas movies to try and get them to rest. That afternoon we managed to make and decorate sugar cookies for Santa, turn on the fireplace and eat pizza in front of The Muppets Christmas Carol. We went to bed early and exhausted.
Despite the runny noses, hacking, and overall ick, the kids enjoyed Christmas morning. Amidst wiping noses and attempting to keep germs to ourselves, I didn't take many picture (so sad).
No, Junebug was not up yet, and, no, I didn't wake her as soon as the big kids got up.
Junebug joined us in her own time.
We did get out and see family but, alas, I have no pictures for your viewing pleasure.
The rest of Christmas break was spent resting, taking temperatures, visiting doctors, administering antibiotics, and trying to get well. By the time we reached the New Year and returned to our regularly scheduled activities, the colds were at a minimum and we're all doing much better now. We were kind of bummed to spend our break that way, but also glad to have the time to recuperate.
Now we are on to trying to survive the cold and inversions. Looking forward to spring already!
