Every Christmas holds activities for our family. Some are traditions, some we make up as we go. This year I decided to make Christmas PJs. Actually, when I think of it, the fabric was bought for Christmas skirts for a family picture. When making clothes for 12″ stuffed animals became a Christmas request, clothes for the girls was delayed. So I decided to use the fabric for PJs.

While we were in Houston, we continued in the long-lived tradition of baking and decorating cookies. The girls did a good job helping Mom and I with the dough and decorated at least 2 cookies before they began eating more than decorating.

Another activity that was a first and a last time, was a Christmas Train in Alvin, 45 minutes away. It sounded like a fun thing to do with the girls, but when we arrived at 7pm, bought tickets and realized our Brown train didn’t leave for another hour and 45 minutes, we really questioned if the 8 minute ride was worth it. After popcorn and cotton candy we made it on the train and saw their display of Christmas lights. I think we had more fun trying to take pictures of ourselves.

My grandfather bought dresses for the girls, so we dressed them up for Christmas Eve service and managed to get a decent picture. I remember a purple dress that he gave to me as a child and my uncle said that he use to buy all Nanny’s dresses for her too. I think he did a pretty good job picking them out.

This was our first trip back to Houston in 18 months, so it was nice to see some friendly faces at church and spend time with family.