It's my favorite time of year again, Christmas. I love putting all the decorations up and listening to the Christmas music. For some reason everything just seems to make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside this time of year. Tonight especially brought me great joy. This is the first year the girls were old enough to help with the tree decorating. The look of wonder and excitement on their faces as they looked at the beautifully lit tree, melted my heart. I think at times we all forget the true joy of Christmas, but those of us with small children get a chance once more to see Christmas through a child's perspective. I thought this year I would do something fun for the girls, so I bought 24 candy canes to place on the tree. Starting Dec 1 they will get to remove one candy cane every night till Christmas Eve. They are so excited. Tonight we decided to put them on the tree (which really means I got tired of them bugging me about it). I turned on the Christmas music (you gotta have a little Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" playing while you decorate) and let the girls go at it. I noticed they weren't really spreading them out, so I would move them to a better location after they put them on. They didn't like my micro-managing, so I stopped doing it. Of course I should have known that when you let a 4 year old and a two year decorate you don't necessarily share the same vision. Most of the candy canes ended up in the same area at the bottom of the tree. So tonight the "decorating fairy" might just show up to rearrange them. I look forward to the rest of the season and sharing some of my favorite things with the girls, like watching "White Christmas" & "Sound of Music", dancing to Christmas music, drinking hot coco and baking cookies. And hopefully making some new traditions as well. Next step is to get the lights up. This is of course Jason's least favorite part of Christmas (he's afraid of heights). Then our house will be perfect and we can relax till we have to take everything down. Do you think it's tacky to leave it up all year?:)
They are so beautiful. I am very blessed to have such wonderful girls.
I love this little man. Bath time is now his favorite time.
I love his new hat. I makes him even more yummy.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Christams Spirit
Posted by Kelly at Saturday, November 24, 2007
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Do you speak Portuguese?
Anyway, I love the pictures! The kids are SO cute!
Wow Kelly...your kids look so much alike!! I remember Faith being that small...and looking just like Charlie! :)
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