Christmas Morning!!

Well, this is our second Christmas as a family of five, but last year baby Gavey-- who isn't looking so 'baby' anymore!, was only 6 days old. So this was the first year that all three boys could appreciate the excitement of Christmas morning!

I don't know about anyone else that with young families, but it feels kind of strange trying to establish our own family traditions. Not extended family traditions, because those are easy and already set in stone, but our little Follett family traditions. I have so much nostalgia from growing up and coming down the stairs on Christmas morning and seeing all the gifts, etc. etc., and I want my kids to have those same nostalgic feelings when they think back to their Christmas mornings with Ronnie and I.

So, that being said, what kind of traditions have you tried to establish with your own young families? I would love some ideas and inspiration!

A couple of years ago, I started the 'tradition' (although it's only been like 3 years we've done this) of giving the kids new pajamas on Christmas Eve to wear to bed. This is mostly for me, since I love dressing them the same (sorry, Ronnie!) and it looks so darn cute in the pictures for Christmas morning.

Also, another 'tradition' we do (again, it's only been like 3 years, so hardly a tradition!), is to give the kids 3 gifts each. I first heard of this idea from a friend of mine who mentioned that Jesus got three gifts, so therefore the kids each get three. Love it! Also, it helps keep the gift giving from getting out of control.

It was a fun Christmas morning, most of which was spent eating, gift opening, and dancing! We spontaneously started dancing to the Glee soundtrack, and our boys LOVE to dance! Ronnie too. :) Fun times.

We finished the day by heading over to my parents' house, where the highlight of the evening was watching Brayden and Landon duke it out with their new boxing gloves.