Christmas Festivities

Rachel making Christmas cookies!

Amanda's first Christmas cookie!

Making gingerbread houses with Emma and Mia....and Mike and Lana. I think the adults had more fun than the kids!

Visiting Bethlehem and the reinactment of Jesus' birth....

Visiting Santa at Vallco and delivering him a letter from Rachel

We've been talking about the real meaning of Christmas and what is real/make-believe. We've asked Rachel many times if she thinks Santa is real or not and she's convinced he is. We've told her that many times at the mall, it's just a man dressed in a costume and she says she understands...and yet today she still asked why Santa did not give her the toy she asked for when she talked to him at Legoland. We've decided to let this issue go...I think they believe what they want to...