Christmas 2008

Yesterday was a busy day for us. First, we were finally able to go to Yankee Candle Village to see Santa with Jack. The snow has been so bad that we have had to put it off for a little while! Every year since Jack has been in our little family, I have taken him to see Santa and returned with a picture of him screaming in fright. We thought this year might be different....and in a way, it was. The first time we walked by Santa, Jack refused to see him and cried when we tried to force him to say hello. He eventually warmed up to the idea, and Santa went to great effort to get him to at least be calm for the picture. As you can see, Santa succeeded! This is the first year Jack's Santa picture hasn't been a "crying" one. My little boy is growing up!
Yesterday evening, we went to a friend's house for Family Night. It was great! Jack loves the family's three kids. We all dressed up and acted out the nativity. The 7 year old girl of the family, Julia, had all of out costumes and parts planned out ahead of time. I was Mary, Brice was Joseph, Jack was a shepherd, and Megan was a shepherd too. Jack did such a good job! He was fascinated with Baby Jesus....he kept wanting to take the blankets off him so that he could see his face. We had such a good time, and it was so nice to feel the special spirit of this cute family and talk about the real reason for the Christmas season.