Elizabeth once told us that "Silent Night" made her think of chicken wings, thus, we began a Christmas Eve Farry family tradition of eating wings along with other random foods such as imitation crab meat, homemade pizza, and crudité platters. Tonight, we had Moretti's cheese pizza, buffalo and plain wings, along with a rainbow roll and spicy tuna roll from Sushi Asa. No Farrys, other than myself, were in attendance. We all agreed to just relax this year, especially since Grandjoe is on call.
I love Christmas Eve--the silly food, relaxed family, and preparation for a special day. We marked the eve of celebrating Jesus' birth by starting the day with a bagel from a local Jewish bakery. Like Cory says, nothing makes Henry happier than a bagel. Nothing makes Penny more envious.
Henry also helped Daddy with the grinding of the beans. Ahhhhh... if only we had time for french pressed coffee every morning.
Then, after a nap, Henry took some ornaments off the tree. We had time for a couple of pictures before going to Advent for the family Christmas Eve service. Henry loved the music and the nativity scene photos, and I get the feeling he thinks that Baby Jesus was as oft photographed as himself.
We made some Top of the Stove cookies (my idea) and put a couple out for Santa this evening before Henry went to sleep.
He sweetly dictated his letter for Santa to read, too.
Of course, sticker embellishments were also required.
Dear Santa Clause,
Henry has an obsession... trains and trains going under tunnels. He's making a tunnel for our North Pole Express train in the above photo. He also shouts out, "We're going under a tunnel!" every time we get close to going under a bridge on I-385, and then, "We made it!" once we are out from under the bridge.
He also loves Thomas the Tank Engine and today would not let us watch anything but the Thomas Christmas DVD we rented. Here is his "Thomas is in the snow, so I won't pay anyone any attention" stance.
Elizabeth once told us that "Silent Night" made her think of chicken wings, thus, we began a Christmas Eve Farry family tradition of eating wings along with other random foods such as imitation crab meat, homemade pizza, and crudité platters. Tonight, we had Moretti's cheese pizza, buffalo and plain wings, along with a rainbow roll and spicy tuna roll from Sushi Asa. No Farrys, other than myself, were in attendance. We all agreed to just relax this year, especially since Grandjoe is on call.
I love Christmas Eve--the silly food, relaxed family, and preparation for a special day. We marked the eve of celebrating Jesus' birth by starting the day with a bagel from a local Jewish bakery. Like Cory says, nothing makes Henry happier than a bagel. Nothing makes Penny more envious. 
Henry also helped Daddy with the grinding of the beans. Ahhhhh... if only we had time for french pressed coffee every morning.
Then, after a nap, Henry took some ornaments off the tree. We had time for a couple of pictures before going to Advent for the family Christmas Eve service. Henry loved the music and the nativity scene photos, and I get the feeling he thinks that Baby Jesus was as oft photographed as himself.
Here they are reading. Anna reads blank pages, and Henry reads upside down pages. Good grief, you two.
Henry grew another head.
A sock monkey head... and arms!
He loved it.
Daddy has good ideas for being silly.
Thanks, again, Walkers! This tradition is one we hope never ends. (Let us know if you get tired of hosting, though.)