Every year we learn a little more about how we want Christmas to look in our house. Last year the first gift we opened was a special box containing Baby Jesus from one of our Nativity Scenes. Eli then got to bring Him down and put Him in the manger. Before dinner we decorated a cake for Jesus' birthday, and we ended the day with stockings, including our Jesus stocking. (This stocking contains pictures and descriptions of gifts for Jesus - random acts of kindness or love done by our family in Jesus' name.) Since it went so well last year, we kept things the same this time around. However, Eli and Maddux were so tired by the time we got to the Jesus stocking that there was no interest at all, even though Eli very much got into the acts of love as we did them in the last few months. Next year we will do that ritual after we place Jesus in the manger.One of the great moments for me today came after dinner. We had the birthday cake for Jesus right away so we could walk around the neighborhood and look at Christmas lights. Eli was very excited to sing "Happy Birthday" and blow out the candle for Jesus. And of course he was excited to eat a whole piece of cake. (My sugar police alarms were sounding...)
After he ate his cake (and asked nicely for another piece before being turned down), he asked, "Could we give some cake to Jesus?" I told him baby Jesus probably couldn't eat cake since He was a baby. So then Eli asked if we could give some to the big guy Jesus. (This season Eli has been trying to make sense of 'big Jesus' vs. 'baby Jesus'.) I told him that was a great idea, but how would we get it to Him? I think it was Lehr that asked Eli, "Where is Jesus?" Eli correctly told him that He's up in Heaven. Then Eli said, "Maybe we could go in an airplane?"
1 comment:
That's so sweet! On the morning of the Birthday Party for Jesus at Andrew's school, he asked me were Mary and Joseph going to bring baby Jesus to the party :). I told him I didn't think so. LOL.
Post a Comment