Brittany Anne: Christmas Traditions

This year we really tried to start our own family traditions now that Will is aware of his surroundings. We had out own "Christmas Eve" on December 22nd before all of our holiday travel began.

We started off in our Christmas jammies & building a fort. We definitely have some room for progress in our fort building skills. But after the fort was made we read and acted out the Nativity with Will's toy set and then watched the Nativity.

Will was obsessed with his Nativity all month long.

I love watching him explore and learn;

he even figured out that the button on the top lights up and plays

Away in a Manger.

At first it was cute & then it became nonstop - haha.

Then we watched a little Christmas movie & had tomato soup for dinner with

cookie cutter shaped grilled cheeses in our fort.

I love these progressive laughing pictures. We love when we have time together at

home as a family building memories, traditions & giggles.

BROTHERLY CHRISTMAS JAMMIE LOVE

Our very own "Christmas Morning" on December 23rd. On Christmas morning I made some store bought cinnamon rolls & cinnamon roll waffles. You can't win them all. Maybe next year I'll make homemade ones, but I decided to pick my victories this year.

We had our first "Christmas" at home together.

Last year William was so little that we didn't worry too much about Christmas traditions.

We really wanted to be intentional about the Christmas season

and didn't want to get caught up in consuming and trying to do too much.

We got presents for each other & a few from Will and a few from Grandparents that were mailed.

But I think we are going to stick with the tradition of three gifts, just like the wisemen
brought three gifts to the Christ child & then stockings & maybe one GIFT from Santa.

William still hasn't gotten the hang of opening presents, but that kid sure loves his books.

This year Cooper was more entertaining to watch unwrap his presents.