Celebrating Jesus' Birthday

This year, my mom wanted to start a tradition with the grandkids of making a birthday cake for Jesus. Obviously Drew and I are the only ones who have kiddos right now, so it was really just Gigi and Brayden who were baking, but Brayden didn't care. He loves being a helper in the kitchen. Since everyone was here at my house, we did it simple this year and just made a cake from the boxed mix. It turned out so good, and I am so glad that mom started this tradition. What a great way to make sure the focus stays on the Savior who is born! I'm so grateful for my parents creating a spiritual heritage for our boys. Thanks Mom (and Dad) for making this Christmas special for Brayden, and for teaching him about Jesus!

Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus!

Gigi let him lick her fingers-- YUM!

Blowing out the candles-- he actually knew how to do it! (With a little help from Gigi).

Then he dug right in... who needs to CUT the cake when you can eat it by the fistfull?

Oh dear... getting cleaned off is NO fun!

(More pictures and stories from our Christmas weekend to come...)