Christmas Eve

Christmas was extra fun this year since Paige was such a fun age for all the festivities. (ok, besides one consulting club party we went to where she was the only kid and broke a glass ornament). But she was very into finding the elf, talking about Santa, learning to sing "The Friendly Beasts" and "Jingle Bells", and playing with the nativities. So we had a lot we wanted to pack into Christmas Eve.

We started with a delicious early dinner.

Followed by making cookies for Santa. Paige thoroughly enjoyed rubbing flour everywhere and licking the frosting.

Then onto our traditional Christmas Eve program. We started with a sweet video of a child telling about the birth of the Savior.

 And then piano numbers by Evan and Kyle, Once there was a Snowman by Grace, Jingle Bells by Paige, and group songs including The Friendly Beasts, multiple hymns, and a rousing rendition of my grandpa's special number, The Holy City.

Next was the nativity dash. Paige got to be Mary and Deacon was baby Jesus. My mom, as always, was the angel, and dad was a superhero narrator.

We finished up with exchanging the cousin gifts, loading in the car to look at Christmas lights and getting hot chocolate. The kids fell asleep quickly which gave us plenty of time to get things ready for the next morning. A great Christmas Eve!