While everyone is hustling and bustling this holiday season, our household has been peaceful and reflective. We are purposeful doing less and experiencing more activities with joy and hope during the month of December. That said, our decorations were a little late going up due to the late Thanksgiving and that's okay. Put with some excellent and excited helpers, the tree was decorated in no time.
Peppermint hot chocolate with whipped cream was a nice reward after a hard day of decorating and Christmas music.
Siena is at the right age to help out with Christmas cookies. The previous years have not been as fun filled for Mommy, but this year had more laughter and fewer tears. The only draw back is with participation in food projects equals more interest in eating the cookies!!!
We typically have friends stopping by to play so this week we had a princess party with Tinkerbell and Cinderella. Carson may not have had a dress of his own but he enjoyed the extra company and the accessories.
It has been colder and wetter than usual this Christmas season, but no snow that has stuck (we had a little ice last week). So Kurt pulled out the sled and we had our Tennessee version of sledding, through the leaves. The kids had fun yelling "Faster Daddy Faster!!" and Daddy got a work out.
And what Christmas season would be complete without a trip to visit Santa Claus? It went as expected; Siena was so excited to see the big man in red and give her request for a "bigger deer" and Carson was just plain scared. But rest assured that he was fine 30 seconds later when he got to play in the indoor playground. We wish all of you a joyful and peaceful time leading up to the day of our Savior's birth. We are so blessed to share this time with our precious children and pass down to them our traditions and stories that they will some day share with their families. Merry Christmas to y'all!!
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