Christmas Eve was a very busy day for us. We went to church and then headed to Nannie's for lunch and presents. We then headed to Grandpa Bill's house at 4 for the extended Tucker Christmas and then back to church for the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7.
We had our annual Christmas gathering at Mamaw and Papa's house on Christmas Eve Eve. Aunt Jenn brought a few Christmas themed games to play with the kids before we ate supper. We also played Blaine's new monopoly game that he got after supper.
On Thursday, December 21st, Bryce and Blaine had their Christmas program at school together this year. I was able to get a few pictures of Blaine and his fun group of friends when we dropped him off at the LMC. This was Bryce's last elementary Christmas concert. He is growing up too fast. I just can't handle it. It was a super cute concert and the theme of it was Christmas Vacation. Blaine tried out for a specking role and he had quite a few lines. He did so great with them and didn't seem nervous at all!
On Sunday, December 17th, we had our annual Christmas program at church. This year the theme was animals and based off of the song called The Friendly Beasts. Bryce and Blaine both had speaking parts where Bryce was the voice of the goat and Blaine was the voice of the cow. Ali got to bring the animals up the aisle and place them into the stable in the correct spots. The kids all looked so fancy that we just had to get a family picture. We bought the boys Christmas ties for their concert at school, so they also got to wear them at church.
On Sunday, December 3rd, I took Blaine and Ali to a Christmas Pop Up event at the Vault in Galesburg. It was super fun and they got to travel all around to complete a variety of Christmas activities. They drank hot chocolate, watched a holiday show on a big screen, decorated cookies, painted a wooden ornament, played reindeer games, colored pictures, and made beaded bracelets. The following Saturday, I took them to Art Defined where we painted ceramic ornaments and then walked to the Orpheum Theatre to watch The Polar Express.
