Stocking Stuffers...all wrapped and ready to go!
Trent and I both got a chance to hold all 3 baby nieces at once. What a sweet armful! They were good as gold the whole time. (how good is gold anyway, and where did that saying come from?!?) If you notice..they aren't even unbundled yet. That about tells you how long they were there before we were begging to hold them!
I think the girls were quite pleased with new dresses for their dolls.
Amazing how the boxes are sometimes just as fun as the new toys!
BigM's first 'real' Legos. All we have had are duplos. Now we are graduating up to lots of little pieces. If he spends as much time as his daddy did playing with them...he will be one contented child.
As I contemplate Christmas, I have to wonder if we sometimes miss the meaning. Ok. Yes, we miss it alot. Our children are excited and thankful for their new toys. Are we excited and thankful about the gift we have been given? Jesus Christ...a gift to all the world....Savior of the world. Are we excited when we wake in the morning about our gift? Do we want to tell others?
BigM's first 'real' Legos. All we have had are duplos. Now we are graduating up to lots of little pieces. If he spends as much time as his daddy did playing with them...he will be one contented child.
As I contemplate Christmas, I have to wonder if we sometimes miss the meaning. Ok. Yes, we miss it alot. Our children are excited and thankful for their new toys. Are we excited and thankful about the gift we have been given? Jesus Christ...a gift to all the world....Savior of the world. Are we excited when we wake in the morning about our gift? Do we want to tell others?
Sometimes I think gift giving gets tedious....and overdone. And I wonder if it causes us to lose our focus. If somehow we could show and teach our children by the giving of gifts that a much greater and most important gift was given to each of us. That Christmas isn't about toys and food.
It is about Jesus...My Savior. Given as a gift to me. And to You! Are you thankful for your Christmas gift?
Those babies are adorable!! We had our first Christmas this past weekend. We have really been trying to teach Morgan the TRUE meaning of Christmas. I wonder how much she is really understanding. I am praying each year she will learn a little more and embrace the best Christmas gift of all .... the Free Gift of Salvation!!!
ReplyDeleteCute, cute babies!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I have to agree, the gift giving can get tedious and we so often lose Christ in Christmas. I really like your thoughts on whether we wake up every morning excited about the GIFT we've been given.
I found your blog through Sew A Fine Seem. I was pleasantly surprised to see pictures of the triplets I've been hearing people talk about. We use to buy sweet corn from the triplets family and actually just live down the road. They are too cute and are an amazing gift from God!
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