Getting closer!

Christmas is nearly upon us and the Kansas Wogloms are preparing as we speak. This year is unusual for us because we will be spending it in Kansas for the first time. We will definitely be missing our east coast family and friends!!! We just wanted Christopher to wake up tomorrow morning in his own house, open presents, and stay in his pajamas all day long... While it is fun to open presents and get caught up in the holiday, Chris and his parents have been talking about the actual reason why we celebrate Christmas. Chris  is very excited to, as he says, "celebrate Jesus' birthday!" Tomorrow morning we will light a candle at breakfast and sing happy birthday to Jesus, which Chris is looking forward to. Recently, we got him a little kids nativity scene. This is great because he always wants to play with my breakable nativity set so now he can do whatever he wants with his own. Here he is setting up the scene...

It's funny because even though we have told CJ the Christmas story, he knows more details about it than we thought because they talked about it at school too. When we act out the story with his nativity set, he reminded me that Mary rode in on the donkey and the angels sang out loud (he never lets us forget this part!)... Mommy was busy cooking all morning because Grammy is going to come over after church for Christmas Eve dinner. Chris helped too, and we made some vegan gingerbread men. The verdict is still out on the taste of the cookies but it was a great effort that we accomplished today. Chris helped make the dough, roll it, and decorate the little men. None of them have run away yet, but we'll see what happens after dinner! Here is Chris making them and then the finished product...

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!!