Decorating the tree with dad.
Playing dress up (a constant around here...Christmas or not!)!!
Our town has a "Soup with Mrs. Claus" every year. We have soup or chili and then get to visit with Mrs. Claus. The kids love it!
After soup with Mrs. Claus is the parade downtown. Here we are with some friends!
An (unsuccessful) attempt at a family Christmas card picture. If you get one from us this year, you will notice this one didn't make the cut!!
We had an Advent Fair at church this year that was sooo much fun! The theme was "A Candy Cane Christmas" and we talked about the meaning of the candy cane and brought it all back to Jesus. Here are Kenny and Brayden making a beaded candy cane ornament for the tree.
Reindeer Kennan working on a bookmark.
Singing Christmas carols/hymns...
More dress up (or dress down is more like it)!! This girl loves to have on the least amount of clothing that I will let her get away with!
Watching some Christmas shows...
Painting!!
And finally, the biggest surprise for me may look like nothing to you...
We got carpet in the kid's bedrooms! Our entire house is hard wood or stone. To some this may seem like a dream come true...but to me it hasn't been! You can see every piece of dirt or dust, it is cold, and there is nothing to absorb the sound of kids running up and down the halls or screaming! We've been wanting to get carpet in the kids bedrooms since last winter. For some reason or another we never did...but I got home from a day in the "big" town yesterday and my husband surprised me with the carpet! We are also going to get a large rug in the living room but are waiting for it to get bound. Anyway, long story short...we have carpet now, it is super soft, keeps the kids rooms a little warmer and absorbs their noise, and it looks really nice!! (For those looking really closely, it really is just a wall-to-wall rug with padding and non-slip stuff underneath. This way, we can roll it up when/if we move and it won't hurt the beautiful hard wood!!) Hopefully, I won't wait so long before my next post...but no promises!! What are you doing to get ready for Christmas?
3 comments:
We have nothing but hardwoods, too and I will NEVER do it again. No one can understand why we don't love it but with three animals and two small children it feels like all I ever do is vacuum and Swiffer. Congrats on the carpet (can you send some my way, too?)! The kids look adorable-- what fun Christmas activities you guys have!
Great photos. Mrs. Claus doesn't get enough air time--glad she has her own annual gig in your town. Am curious how candy canes relate to Jesus, though...
Dear Rigoulots: You are all looking great, the kids are so cute and getting so big! Glad Jennifer's pregnancy is going well and Grayson is growing well. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Sending prayers your way from Taiwan :-) Blessings, Emily
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