This year for Christmas Eve we invited our friends Sharyl and Wanda Waldron over to join us. The kids sculpted their own nativity characters out of play dough and then acted out an impromptu nativity w/ the traditional Bible reading. Emily really wanted to be the angel, so I was Mary w/ Daniel as Joseph. Then we sang some Christmas carols and Rebecca & I played a couple of duets on our violins. Playing w/ her was one of those nostalgic parenting moments that brings tears to my eyes. The kids were so excited to open the gifts that the Waldron's brought and they've really enjoyed playing with the puzzles and books they received over the holiday break. I guess Rebecca enjoyed her turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy and pistachio pie a little too much because she threw up at the end of the evening but was fortunately was feeling just fine by Christmas morning. Daniel let us in on his grand schemes to "catch" Santa. He rigged up a string of bells to hang/tape on the front door so he could hear him coming. The boys were so excited about their plans, they went to bed pretty late and awoke at 1:30 a.m. to discover that Santa had already come. But just the sight of seeing what he had left for them got them pretty wired and they were up for at least another hour after that chattering in their room.
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