Corey and I kept telling each other that this was our favorite Christmas so far, and it was. Having a little one changes so much, including how we celebrate holidays. We put a lot of thought into how we want Christmas to be for Corban and our family as he is growing up. We talked a lot about family traditions that we wanted to start for our family. So here are a few that we have started and some others that we know we will do in the future.
Christmas Eve presents of pajamas.
Reading from the bible about Jesus' birth.
3 gifts from us and his stocking- this year he got a book, a toy, and clothes.
We had a birthday party for Jesus.
Corban also got his first ornament to put on the Christmas tree.
We also made cookies on Christmas and took it to everyone in town that was working. There are a few other traditions that we will start once he gets older.
* Donating old toys
* Hiding pieces of the nativity and once he finds the shephards then we will read that part of the Christmas story etc.
*Creating Advent activities for the first 25 days of December
We had fun and Corban had fun hanging out with family and getting to spend more time with me, since I was off from school.
I like this idea from Pinterest: This Christmas give your kids four gifts, one thing they really want, one they need, one they can wear and one they can read. If children receive only a few gifts, each one means so much more.
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