I am way behind and have lots to catch up on from this amazing and super fun Christmas season. The girls loved everything about Christmas and all the anticipation. Here are some pictures of stuff they loved doing that we have done each year.
Helping Dad decorate the tree. It was a little bigger than we thought once we got it home! Then they decorated the tree with the ornaments while standing on chairs so that none were on the bottom. Anything that Colt could reach he pulled off so we had another year of an empty bottom!
They each picked out a blowup lawn decoration this year. Livy picked Rudolph. She was infatuated with Rudolph this year. She played with the Rudolph stuffed animal non stop and loved singing Rudolph too. My favorite parts were when she would say "then one foggy Christmas Eve" and she would put her hand up to her head on top of her eyes to help her see through the fog. It looked like she was blocking the sun but so cute. And on the last line she would sing "you'll go down in mystery!"
Rachel chose Frosty and really enjoyed watching the Frosty movie over and over. They both loved doing their chocolate advent calender each day and a Toy Story advent calender that Grammy got them. They were so excited just to open the little door each day.
Since Colt has been mobile he has been getting into the girls things. First we had a problem with pushing Colt down or away but now Livy has learned to keep him tied down until I can come and get him. So if he is near her stuff she is playing with, this is what you will see!
They loved decorating the gingerbread house. This year I cheated and bought the pre-built house. It was a marvelous idea because last year the roof kept falling off because we didn't let the house dry enough before decorating. They saw a fancy one with a train and stuff so next year we'll have to try and build some other stuff with graham crackers.
This was about a month ago when I was 13 weeks. I am done being sick and feeling good. Just tired but who isn't! They girls ask all the time if they can feel the baby kicking yet. And they still want a baby girl. We'll see soon!
Now that the girls dress themselves a lot this is what I see a lot, totally backwards outfits!
We made Christmas cookies one day with Tish and her kids. Lexie and JJ came over for a bit while April had Peyton's school party. They all had fun eating sprinkles, decorating, and playing. Thanks Tish for a fun afternoon!
The two on lookers. They were quite entertained just watching the older kids.
Well that is some for now. More to come on the month of December and Christmas. It was so much fun and very exhausting. I'm glad it is back to normal now but it was fun doing all the fun stuff with the kids and watching their excitement grow each day. Next year I will try and do my shopping early like some of my friends who have it together! It would be nice not to have to worry about that during the craziness!
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