Christmas Fun

Christmas is my favorite time of the year even though it also is usually the busiest time of the year!  We always try to get our Christmas tree right after Thanksgiving and we go to the same tree lot every year.  This year I think we picked one of the coldest nights to go - the kids and I froze and Cody hated the noise of the chainsaw, but we got the tree picked out and home.  It stayed in the garage for several days before we finally had time to bring it inside and get it decorated; we finally got it done and the kids loved seeing and helping with the ornaments.

Of course, we made time to visit Santa.  All Cody wanted was a "big, ladder fire truck" and Graecyn had a list a mile long of all of the things she wanted including, a gymnastics bar, beam, and mailbox mat, JoJo bows, JoJo karaoke, a drawing book, and the Greedy Granny game (I made her limit her list to Santa).

We waited in line for about 20 minutes to see Santa; Graecyn was a little shy and simply handed him her list and had him read it instead of telling him what she wanted.  Cody climbed right up into his lap and asked for a "big, ladder fire truck."

Graecyn and I took in a princess tea party, which was so cute.  Graecyn got invited to go with a friend and decorate a gingerbread house at a local tea house; the girls had so much fun and definitely got filled up with sugar in the process!  I got to participate in her school Christmas party and it was fun watching her with her friends.

The weekend before Christmas, we took time to bake and decorate sugar cookies and on Christmas Eve, we gave the kids early baths and put jammies on and drove around looking at Christmas lights.  The kids both sprinkled "Reindeer Food" in the grass (raw oatmeal and sprinkles) and giggled the whole time.  They put out cookies and milk for Santa and headed to bed, anxiously awaiting Santa.

Santa definitely delivered for both kids.  Graecyn got her gymnastics bar, JoJo karaoke, a stand-up snow board and a few other things.  Cody got his big, ladder fire truck, a tool set, and a giant Mack truck race track.

We spent the rest of the day watching "A Christmas Story" (on repeat), playing with toys, and eating food.  It was such a great Christmas!