Yesterday we celebrated the birth of our Savior by throwing him a birthday party :-) I've been wanting to teach Elijah what to true meaning of Christmas is, but how do you really teach a 2 year old that? So I got a great idea from a friend to throw Jesus a birthday. The week before we were able to talk about what kind of gift we should give Jesus and at first Elijah said a toy (specifically a T-rex and stegasaurus) but the more we were able to talk and explain what makes Jesus happy we were able to write down a prayer and wrapped it up for the party. I made a felt board nativity scene and we played pin the star over the manger. Then we read the Christmas story, sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and opened his gifts. I'm not sure how much the boys really got it, but if anything I had some great talks with Elijah before bed. Ever since the party, Elijah has been saying "I love Jesus and Santa!"
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| Reading the Christmas story |
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| Our nativity scene |
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| Singing Happy Birthday! |
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| Opening Jesus's gifts |
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| This is what happens when I let Elijah use the sprinkles |
Awww!! Elijah's smile is too much! Love it!
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