Santa

Lilly is officially on Christmas break now, until January 5th! Today was her last day of preschool for this year and she brought home all kinds of artwork and fun stuff in her backpack today. And tonight was her Christmas party in Rainbows. She came home with some goodies from there too, and told us that she sang Happy Birthday to Jesus in class.

Isaiah didn't have quite as much fun in his class. Him and another boy were playing I guess, and the other boy poked Isaiah in the eye (on accident, I think). Isaiah's eye has been red, a little swollen and watery ever since. He has been having a hard time opening his eye tonight while we were reading stories, and told us he wanted to go to bed. Poor baby. :( Say a prayer for him, if you think about it. If he still can't hardly open his eye by morning, I'm calling the doc.

I'm making this short tonight, it's nearly midnight, and I'm exhausted. Just wanted to update you all on the whole Santa issue. Do you want to know what we decided? I'm sure you are all just on the edge of your seats in anticipation. ;)

We are not going to do Santa in our house. For many reasons actually. And no, I don't think Santa is "bad" or evil, but for personal convictions and reasons, we won't be believing in him at our house. Obviously, because they are kids and live in America, they will know of Santa. But they will also know he is not real, and mom and dad buy their presents-- not Santa! We will do our best to train and teach our children, and make sure they understand, that Christmas is not about Santa or presents or 'what I want'. It's about celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I don't have the energy or time to go in to it more in depth right now. If you really want to know- I'll put that in another post!