Christmas 2011

In case you missed the band-aid.
This was one of my favorite things about Christmas… in the middle of the closing Christmas Hymn in Sacrament meeting, I just got the giggles about Max’s band-aid. How is it that he happened to get the very most industrial band-aid we have for his teeny scratch. And how is it that it ended up on his eyebrows. (p.s. we finally dared put a warm washcloth on it and gently eased it off today… eyebrows in tact. yay!). Also – I like that Eliza is hanging down in the top of that picture. Cute pudgy hand!

p.p.s. I just needed another week to get in the groove for Christmas. I just wasn’t quite there – ya know… like mentally. I feel like there are so many traditions that are hard to pull off with so many little ones. We didn’t do well at the 12 days of Christ like last year. We only snuck in a few Christmas books by the tree. We did try to learn Estrella de Luz (Star Bright in Spanish). Hopefully next year I’ll be more on top of my game with R.S. stuff/giving tree/and Christmas with little ones. But Christmas was nice…. because it was about Christ.  That part is always the BEST to talk about with the kids. I loved when our home teacher was over and asked the kids what we do on Christmas. Abe said, “We spend time with and love our family.” Hannah said, “We celebrate the birth of Jesus.” And our hometeacher was trying to get at that we open presents on Christmas. It made me chuckle inside. I’m glad they were trying to think deeply about it.