Christmas Eve

We would do this

every year

at Grandpa and Grandma's house

with our cousins

when we were kids.

Now that we live farther away,

and do our own Christmas Eves,

we try to

carry on the tradition

of acting out the Nativity.

The kids look forward to it

every year.

(In case you were wondering,

London is a shepherd.

She's holding a sheep

and using her favorite blanket

to go over her head. Funny.)

They get to open one gift

before bed.

This year it was

much-needed

new winter pajamas

(microfleece - wish they came in

my size!)

And the stockings were hung

by the chimney with care. . .