Celebrating Christmas

A few ways we’ve been celebrating Christmas around here with a preschooler:

Reading the Christmas story from The Jesus Storybook Bible or from The Story of Christmas most days before naptime.  Sometimes we’ll add in a Christmas carol or two. 

Playing Hide and Seek.

Getting ready to give gifts.  Wrapping.  Shaking. Guessing what’s under the tree.  Encouraging Mommy to open her presents early (which hasn’t happened).  Caleb is also starting to realize that letters make words, so he understands that if a present has a label starting with L, it’s for Luke, etc. 

Making and eating Christmas cookies.  If we have time today, we’ll package some up for our neighbors.  These cookies were great for Caleb to make almost all by himself.  He had a blast unwrapping all the Rolos! (He is his father’s son.  He unwrapped all the gold ones first, then the green, and then the red.)

Decorating for Jesus’ birthday party:

And decorating some more…

And some more.  Caleb wanted to keep making these, so they are everywhere!

   Making a cake for Jesus’ birthday party:

We’ll be throwing a birthday party for Jesus today before we head out to see family and celebrate some more.  Have a great Christmas!

P.S. Caleb has been asking about going to Grandpa’s house for a week, about 20 times a day.  “Caleb, we’re going on a car ride to the store.  Let’s get your boots on.” “Grandpa’s house?”  or “Caleb, eat your peas". “Grandpa’s house?”  In the process of explaining when we’ll be going to Grandpa’s house, Caleb has starting learning the days of the week.  “Twosday…Threeday!”