Christmas at Home

My favorite part of Christmas 2010? The first ever Christmas Eve service at 1.21 church. Mom and Dad came. Kate stood holding her candle and shaking her bells and singing every word of every song. (Anneliese took her bell ringing just as seriously.) Speirs stole the communion bread. And we all worshiped Jesus with our 1.21 family, which has turned out to be every bit as important as the family we travel to see at the holidays. Fan.tastic.

As for the next morning at our house, I'm thinking this was the first of many "Christmas of the Animals." Kate and Anneliese (Kate, in particular) have inherited my love of all things animal (especially dog), and taken it to a level I didn't know existed. SO, we had a Barbie Vet Center, Pinkie the long-tailed pink cat, Joshua the chihuahua in a bag, mom and 3 baby rats (yeah, rats. blame ikea), Playmobil dog circus, miniature cats and cat stand, miniature rabbits and rabbit hutch, dog and cat hats, owl umbrella, Magic Puppy book and horse jewelry box. OH, and slap bracelets! Remember those?!

And breakfast? Monkey bread. Of course.