We started off Christmas Eve with lunch and gifts at Spiffer and Granddaddy’s house with Bubba. Helen Grace was super excited to hand out presents, and of course, OPEN presents. The big hits were a beautiful doll with a bajillion outfits and accessories from Bubba and also a carriage (that can change into a pumpkin), complete with Cinderella and Prince Charming dolls, from Spiffer and Granddaddy. On this video, I missed her jumping up and down, but the girl was going crazy over the carriage. (And forgive me for the color- I did something to my camera settings at the last minute!)
After a delicious lunch at Spiffer’s, we headed back home for naps, and then it was time for one of my favorite holiday traditions- the Christmas Eve candlelight service at my Bubba’s church in Byhalia. This year, Helen Grace was really taken by the candlelight part of the service, and she was very quiet and calm and watched all the details. She wanted to hold her own candle, of course, but soon handed it over when the wax got too close to her little fingers. She also had a cow when a family with a baby dressed up as Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus walked in the sanctuary. “Baby Jesus! Baby Jesus!”
After the service, we headed to Grandma’s for another one of our favorite Christmas Eve traditions- opening presents in front of the fire. This was definitely the year of princesses and fairies, as some of HG’s favorite gifts were a princess nightgown, Rapunzel Barbie, slippers, and a handmade fairy quilt. We headed over to the Browns too to finish our rounds of all of HG’s “people” and finally got her to bed around 10 p.m.
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