We always have a lot of fun getting into the Christmas spirit. With Thanksgiving so late this year I felt like we were really thrown into Christmas time. Right after Christmas we put up our decorations, I even did lights on the house this year (no thanks to Craig). The following week we jumped right in with Winter Garden-A-Glow at the botanic gardens and Brooklyn and I the went to The Nutcracker Jr. and Clara's Tea Party with Grandmas galore and her cousin Riaan. This has been such a fun tradition to do with my sweet girl. The next night we then headed over to Mark and Paige's house for the annual Grinch night. We love eating all things green and watching the Grinch. Brooklyn also lost her 5th tooth that night when we got home (don't tell her but we may have taken 2 dollars out of her piggy bank for the tooth fairy to use, the tooth fairy was not well prepared and she has the plan to replace it one of these days. Total parent win).
We headed up to McCall the first weekend of December and was surprised by Santa at the Pancake House. The kids were so excited to tell him what they wanted for Christmas and McKay even included that mom wanted some new slippers. The kids did not ask for much from Santa. Brooklyn asked for a jump rope, yo-yo, watch and books. McKay asked for a red truck with a trailer, a watch and slippers. Craig and I of course went to the Nutcracker, they had a new set and new costumes this year and they were spectacular. Always such a fun evening out with the hubby. The kids and I had fun making a gingerbread house, not the prettiest you've ever seen, but they sure had fun and I did my best to just stand back and let them do their thing which was very hard for this OCD mommy.
We had our ward Christmas party just right after church on Dec. 22nd. The ward did a great program, I love how much you can feel the spirit through music. We were very busy the month of December, the whole 3 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas thing was not my favorite but I feel like we did pretty good to keep everything low key and low stress so we could enjoy it as much as possible. It helped that we had all of our shopping done, Christmas cards addressed and neighbor/friend gifts delivered by Thanksgiving. The kids were such a blast to do all of these things with. I love seeing the wonder of the season through their eyes.
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