Where to start with this Christmas? We have some snow, enough to play in. Since it has been so warm the snow has been awesome for building. James, Audrey, and I have been working hard on building an igloo around the play structure, James constructed this really cool cat/fox on the fence, and Audrey constructed a really cool snowman scene on Christmas Eve.
It is clear from our Christmas Eve family picture in front of the tree that we are wearing a lot of pajamas these days and we watched the Christmas Eve church service from our couch;) We still made soup (much to the kids' dismay) and opened a Christmas Eve gift. In an effort to reduce "stuff" the kids have been doing a secret santa gift exchange with each other for a few years and they get to open their gifts to each other on Christmas Eve. This year they also got Gabe a gift... he was super excited for this santa onesie that keeps him nice and warm (hot!).
Christmas morning felt fairly normal except for the extreme disappointment of green grass... virtually all of the snow was gone, it was pouring, and the wind was blowing like crazy. The upside was that we never lost power, although it wouldn't have been the first Christmas morning cooking on the camp stove.
We opened gifts, Nannie came for a surprise Christmas visit, and we played outside in all of the puddles once the rain stopped. We finished the day with an easy meal! Like most things in 2020, it was memorable and eventful with a smidge of normalcy:)
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