We had a wonderful time spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my parents and brother. We had fun making dough ornaments with Ethan for the first time. We made circular ornaments with Ethan's hand impression on them. Hopefully we can do this every year until the ornaments get ridiculously big (Ethan's hands are already pretty large for a toddler!) After baking them, I painted his hand impressions green and sprayed the ornaments with a sealant. Having never done this before, I'm not sure how well they will stay preserved from year to year, but I'm hoping that they last for awhile. 
Mom and Dad's Christmas tree (they always put up a real one)
For the past many years our family has opened presents on Christmas Eve, so that is what we've been doing with Ethan too. It was fun to see how excited he was to open his gifts, and he did a great job removing the wrapping paper by himself and telling everyone "Thank you".
Last year Mom and I looked and looked for a Fisher-Price Little People nativity set to no avail, so when we came across one at Wal-Mart this year, we bought it right away. Ethan really enjoyed that when you press the angel atop the manger it plays "Away in a Manger"
It might be a little early for this game, but he seemed interested in his new Sesame Street Chutes and Ladders
Bath time is more fun when you have a dinosaur hooded towel!
We'd like to collect Christmas books that we can read each year to help Ethan (and Baby Q) understand the true meaning of Christmas. Mom and Dad started out our collection this year with a Silent Night book.
There wasn't much time Christmas Eve after gift-opening to unpackage and assemble Ethan's new toys, so the morning of Christmas Day Ethan was anxious to try out his new spiral trainset and covered bridge
Mom and Dad's Christmas tree (they always put up a real one)
For the past many years our family has opened presents on Christmas Eve, so that is what we've been doing with Ethan too. It was fun to see how excited he was to open his gifts, and he did a great job removing the wrapping paper by himself and telling everyone "Thank you".Checking out his new "Dino Toob" (a plastic tube containing 15 miniature dinosaurs)
Last year Mom and I looked and looked for a Fisher-Price Little People nativity set to no avail, so when we came across one at Wal-Mart this year, we bought it right away. Ethan really enjoyed that when you press the angel atop the manger it plays "Away in a Manger"
It might be a little early for this game, but he seemed interested in his new Sesame Street Chutes and Ladders
Bath time is more fun when you have a dinosaur hooded towel!
We'd like to collect Christmas books that we can read each year to help Ethan (and Baby Q) understand the true meaning of Christmas. Mom and Dad started out our collection this year with a Silent Night book.
There wasn't much time Christmas Eve after gift-opening to unpackage and assemble Ethan's new toys, so the morning of Christmas Day Ethan was anxious to try out his new spiral trainset and covered bridge
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I bought the Little People nativity scene last Christmas. I, too, looked in all the stores & ended up getting it online. My kids LOVE it (Hannah loved carrying around "Baby Jesus") & I plan on keeping it once we get rid of all their other toys. We may need it again in the years to come when other kids visit our home.
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