Christmas Eve

We started off the morning with the entire family going to see 'Penguins of Madagascar.' This was Emma's first movie and she did decent. Luke had a few good belly laughs-that alone makes the price of admission worth it. We had a mellow afternoon around the house and then that night we partayed.

Here's a pic of little 'Miss Wild Thang' at the movie theater.

The calmer side of our row.

Traditional Christmas Eve dinner with ham and the fixings. 

After dinner, the kids opened their new pajamas and we played games and watched a Christmas movie.

Luke was loving the Ninja PJs and channeled his inner ninja.

While the movie was playing we made sugar cookies to share with Santa.

"Define share…"

After we sugared the kids up, we insisted they sit still to listen to the story of the birth of our Savior in Luke 2. We had more success when we watched a short clip of the nativity that the church put out. The kids have seen this clip before and it captivates them.  I was thinking that my kids were truly grasping the true meaning of Christmas, and then Luke asked me, "Is Santa Jesus's dad?". :)