Holiday Fun: "La Rose to Catch Meddlers"

Gommie and Pop arrived midmorning with Christmas eve presents to unwrap: checkers and a magnetic hangman game. They've played both games with both grandparents back and forth for more than an hour.

Meanwhile, I made cookie dough for making our sugar cookies for Santa later (Star Wars-shaped, of course). And now Pop and Mama have headed to get deli treats for our Christmas Eve snacking, a new family tradition that pleases all (not least of which because there is no cooking and little clean up and everyone eats something).

So we'll have lunch, some playing outside, cookie-making, maybe gingerbread house construction, who knows what. And then church later and looking at lights while singing carols and drinking nog. Mama's even made up a special playlist of our favorite carols.