This Christmas season has been a little different for us than years past.  Instead of carefully evaluating what we do, I’ve pretty much jumped into anything we have the opportunity to do unless there’s a REALLY BIG reason not to. 

This has resulted in a lot of fun….and of course a messy house and ever-growing to do list.  (And Miss A’s nightly prayers including “please help us clean the living room”!)

Here’s a couple more fun things we’ve been doing instead of keeping a tidy house.

We attended the annual Christmas parade downtown.  The girls had never been, and though crowded, it was fun.  But after two and a half hours of entries, I think I had enough to last us a few years.

Had to have a picture of the Scotties for Auntie Leash.

We also attended a Christmas “pagaent” I guess you would call it, although that makes it sound a lot simpler than it really was.

It was at a huge church that we used to go to when I was young and we lived in a different area.

Miss A’s favorite part was the angels flying overhead.

And of course everybody loved the wisemen making their entrance on live camels.

We had fun, but it was a really late night, and by the end of it I was pretty convinced that some of these fun things can wait awhile.  At least until my kids can make it more than ten minutes past bedtime without completely falling apart!