This year Doug and I decided to stay at home for the holidays. Although we enjoy visiting our family and being with them for the holidays, it has become more hectic as the boys have become older. Just the logistics of getting all the gifts to and from Arizona is enough to cause major planning. So this year it was a Christmas in San Antonio.
We started our afternoon with cookie making. Yes we are that far behind this year. We were able to make peanut butter blossoms and gingerbread cookies.
We also finished our stories for Papa. The last few years all my dad has asked for as a Christmas present was for each of us to write down one of our memories. It could be anything we wanted. Because we are behind on everything Christmas, Papa is getting his stories by e-mail. At least I did scan the boys in so he has their handwriting.
This year we switch our dinner from homemade pizza to soup. The boys were not too crazy at first with the substitution but were singing my praises by the end of the meal.
Next we were off to see Christmas lights. The San Antonio Temple does not put lights up so we went downtown to the River Walk. We froze but enjoyed the way the lights sparkled on the water.
Back at home it was time for the Christmas story. Danny was put in charge of placing pieces of the nativity on the table during the story.
The traditional jammies were opened next and then the reading of the "Night Before Christmas" by Doug. I think we were able to cover all our traditions really well and now my boys sleep "while sugar plums dance in their heads."
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