Our Tradition every year is to put up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. It seems that Christmas comes and goes so quickly each year(and more quickly with each passing year), so I like to get everything out and enjoy it for as long as possible. The older the kids get, the more fun it is, too. Rory LOVES turning off all the lights except the Christmas lights, and laying on the couch and looking at the tree. Last night he did that and kept saying how beautiful it was. It was so sweet, and brought back memories of me doing the same thing when I was young. It rained all day yesterday(the first measurable rain for almost 6 months), so we built a fire in the fireplace, watched movies, and just enjoyed the warmness of our home. It was wonderful. Here's some photos:
Rory decorating the tree, he did so well!
Sorry for the bright lamp...but here's our stockings. Micah's Mom makes one for each new family member, so each kid got one for their first Christmas, and I got one my first Christmas as a Kim. Micah's Grandma made his(furthest on the right).
Our beautiful tree...we still have to keep it barricaded behind the couch and chair so that little hands can't pull things off as easily.
Our Advent calendar. I put activities for each day on strips of paper, so Rory and Sydney can pull one out each morning to count down to Christmas. We did things like watch a Christmas movie with cocoa and popcorn, read Christmas books, go look at lights, make and deliver cookies to frinds/neighbors, have a picnic, make ornaments, go to the Poway tree lighting, bring food to a food pantry...etc. etc....I'm really excited about it.
Merry Christmas!!!
3 comments:
It's nice to see a home decorated for Christmas! We don't have any decorations yet. We're always away and are so busy with during this time of year that we haven't gotten around to it. We'll probably snag a few things from both our parents later ;). The advent calendar is such a good idea! I'll have to borrow that in a few years!
fun fun i love all the Christmas decorations!!
merry christmas.
looks great!
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