December 1st

Thanksgiving. Check. December 1st. Check. Purchase Christmas Tree. Check. Unpack Christmas Decorations. Check Check Check!! YIPEEEEE!!! PARTY TIME!!! Happy Happy Joy Joy! This year our holidays are proving to be HUGE celebrations. I am sooo loving it!! I am ALL about the holidays. I so wanted to share each one with my kids from day one. But as you know, an infant just doesn't get it like you want them to! (smile)

Our (Hubby and me) first 5 or so Thanksgivings together ended with the thrill of buying our Christmas tree first thing the next morning! We soon realized our tree remained prettier if we waited until December 1st to purchase our tree. So our tradition now is tree hunting on December 1st. Here is our tree, we found a couple cute elves while we were out and we HAD to have them! :)
Here are our elves helping Daddy unload the tree and bring it inside. Notice the tippie toes.
After unloading the tree, the elves needed a nap. While they napped, Mommy and Daddy were busy decorating for this precious holiday. The kids woke, they ate dinner, took a bath and the fun was in revealing the contents of each and every box. The animated characters are always a hit!
The kids loved hearing the Nativity Globe play Away in a Manger. They listened intently over and over and over again.
I finally finished decorating our tree. This is the biggest tree we've ever had!! It was 9 feet tall. Good G0lly Miss M0lly!!! I almost used every ornament I owned on this one. :) I didn't decorate the back. I usually do but not this time!!! So here is our decorated tree. I would love to learn more about photography. I never capture a true picture of how our tree looks. With a flash it looks so drab and without a flash all you see are little white lights. My tree is much more beautiful in person.
Last year I took HC to a preschool breakfast and they gave us a handout with the Christmas Story (Luke 2). I put it in a frame next to our nativity scene. I want to be sure Santa isn't the sole focus of our Christmas celebration.And finally the stockings were hung by the chimney with care. In hopes that St. Nicholas.....Something tells me this will be a year to remember!!!!!!!!!!! The kids are already drinking it all in. I cannot wait!

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