The First Presidency Christmas Devotional was this evening, and to get our family in the Christmas spirit . . .
. . . I put away our autumn decorations last night . . .
. . . and got out our Christmas ones. Anna loved playing with our kid-friendly nativity set. Alas, we can't seem to find our grown-up ones anywhere. I sure hope we didn't leave them in California when we moved.
I also put up our advent Santa, with a mini ornament in each pocket (the kids take turns putting an ornament on our little artificial tree each morning until Christmas), and we set out a Christmas puzzle for the kids to work on during the devotional. They made some progress on it, then I was pleasantly surprised that they came over to the couch to watch the rest of the devotional with Phillip and me.
It's also a Christmas tradition for us to buy whole nuts to crack together a few evenings in December (no specific dates--just when we feel like it). When I instructed Anna in the proper use of a nut cracker, I explained that a nut shell is like a treasure chest, and you open it to get the treasure inside. Every time she managed to crack open an almond she yelled, "I got the treasure!"
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