A White Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve started out sunny,
but apparently David decided we should have
a White Christmas this year!
Mom thought David was quietly playing
while she hung up clothes...

Well, he was quietly playing! And having a BALL!
After getting cleaned up, Mom told David the story about Baby Jesus & David played with his nativity scene.
Here he is trying to figure out the light (the star).
Look TWO Angels!
Then we went to the fire stations to deliver our cookies. Dad was sent to Station 5 today, so we didn't get to have Christmas Eve with our Central family either. Station 5 was decorated for Christmas, though, so we got some good pictures.
After lunch & nap, David & Mom enjoyed another warm day in the back yard.
We also loved on Fluff.
Later, it seems that a tornado has struck the little town of Bethlehem!After baking 12 dozen cookies earlier this week, Dad requested gingerbread! So Mom made some gingerbread this afternoon & we went back to the fire station, where David got to "drive" a fire truck!
When it was time to go, David didn't want to get out of the fire truck!
A ginger molasses cookie made it better.

Back at home, it was time to take a bath (I won't go into the gross details of that!) and get ready for bed.

I must admit I'd never thought of how 24-hour shifts would affect Christmas. We've kept busy today, but it is sad to be spending our first Christmas completely away from family. We miss all of you!!!

I'll post about our Christmas tomorrow night, but it will probably be later since Dad won't get off work at the other job until 8pm.

...I hope everyone appreciates the people who work holidays so that we can be safe.