Getting into the spirit...

Let us start by apologizing for what you will soon find to be a long post. Mama is attempting to get caught up, only likely to fall behind again with Christmas seeming way too close these days! All that is left is Theodore's 8-month post...unbelievable...we just cannot figure out where time is going!!!

We are really into the holiday season this year. We love listening and singing Christmas songs (favorites being Rudolph, Frosty, Joy to the World (E you are really good at belting this one out). We also have enjoyed Christmas movies and recently watched The Polar Express for the first time and loved every minute. Another favorite is Christmas decorations.

To help us get into the spirit we attended the Festival of Trees on Thanksgiving weekend. This was our 3rd trip, Teddy's first, and we all had favorite trees picked out...

I cannot remember exact name of M's but it obviously had a magician theme...

E loved the Rudolph tree, especially Rudolph himself sitting next to the tree

Theodore found all the rubber ducks to be quite entertaining, though he really wanted to put each one in his mouth - no thanks!

Santa was at the event but only Theodore got near, likely because he had no choice being you can see his expression wasn't one of enjoyment...

Next up was getting out the decorations at home. We decided this year we were old enough to have a small tree in our room and have really had fun going to sleep with the lights on. We also have stockings in our room and think Santa should fill these as well as those on the mantle...haha

Theodore providing his input...

The finished project...

After this fun afternoon experience, we decided to just stick with putting up one more tree downstairs (the pre-hinged, pre-lit big tree) and forgo putting up Mama's first big tree which is individual branches, string lights, etc. Maybe next year we will be ready for this!

We were anxious to dive in the next morning and carefully set up our nativity scene, though we still migrate to the more fun breakable ones (Mama recently found a baby Jesus located on top of the manger...I suppose this could have been the case)

We also found some other holiday decorations downstairs and had to wear them around for awhile...if one thing is for sure it is that you can always count on us for a laugh, or 2, or 3!!!

Someone else also enjoys his silly sisters!

Carefully prepping the main tree...

The grand finale tree presentation...Martha Stewart style, Toddler Version x2

Thankfully a little elf came that night and redistributed the bottom row and added some decorations on the top.

Christmas is upon us, except we are really hoping to have some more white stuff. The one and only accumulation we had was a lot of fun but it is already all gone...

And though I didn't make it outside to play, I did think I looked pretty cute with a hat on...

Happy Holidays!
Love, M,E, & T