Traditions

I love traditions!  We have a few we do every Christmas Eve with the kids.  This year we did them at GG and Grandpa's house so Brooks, Leah, and the boys could do them with us.

First, the cookie decorating contest.  If course if there's kitchen work to do Paige is on the counter helping.  Everybody decorates a cookie or two and then they are judged.  The kids love this activity.  I mean cookies, frosting, and endless toppings... why wouldn't they?!

This year Sam and Brooks did the judging.  There are several categories to choose from and fun prizes to be won.  Serious competition.  :-)

 We also always read the nativity story from the Bible.  Grandpa or Sam will read it and the kids usually use a fabric nativity set and put out the pieces when the story calls for that.  This year, to accommodate more kids, they dressed up.  Grandpa read and the kids played their parts.

Then we exchanged gifts with Brooks' family and headed home to put our beautiful cookies out for Santa.  But not without getting a few Robinsons family photos!  The second picture is a reenactment of an old family photo we took all staggered and with sunglasses - super cool!