Sunday night was the LeBaron family nativity. The children dress up as Mary, Joseph, shepherds, wise men and angels while Grandpa LeBaron reads the nativity story and the whole family sings Christmas carols to go along with each part. I wasn't able to be there for the actual nativity part, so Matt took some pics for us. Brooklyn was Mary, Blake was Joseph and Gav was a shepherd.
Monday night, the Palmer family got together for Santa's visit. This same Santa has been coming for over 25 years!! I think it's neat that our kids get to sit on the lap of the same
Santa that Matt saw when he was little. Santa brings along his elf, Snappy, and we sing Jingle Bells, Santa does some magic tricks with the help of the children and then each child gets to visit with Santa. All three of our kids were ecstatic to see Santa!!Brooklyn helps Santa with a magic trick
Gavin couldn't wait for his turn!
Blake whispers to Santa what he wants for Christmas
Brooklyn gets snuggles with Santa
Gavin savors his treat from Santa Clause
Eventually, we won't be able to participate in every family function at Christmastime, but I'm thankful for these wonderful traditions that we've been able to be a part of thus far. I love being a part of a big family (including the in-laws) and the sweet sense of family closeness that we feel at this time of the year.
5 comments:
such cute pics of your kids with Santa!
That is so cool! I love that your kids love Santa so much and will actually go up to him!:) What fun traditions you have!
http://www.therailroadpark.com/index1.html
that's the link for the train park we went to... and that train goes through the cool light display. their website says how long they will have the train through the lights (normally the train stops at 5:30pm during the winter, but when they have the lights up, it goes longer). it's on scottsdale & indian bend. i bet your kidlets would really love it! ;)
I love that pic with Brooklyn hugging santa! Why is it your kids and mine like santa and so many don't!? Maybe because we look freakish too and they are used to that! LOL! OK, that's my reasoning with my kids, but I don't know what yours could be because you don't look freakish at all, nope, not at all!
What fun traditions. Pretty crazy that it's the same Santa.
BTW - Your card arrived yesterday and it is hanging on the line. Also, Abby does not touch anything on the table - my Mom has trained her well. Abby will go up to a table with fragile things on it, shake her finger at it and say, "No, no, no."
Christmas tree has had one fatality, but otherwise, she's even been good about that.
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