It's beginning to look somewhat like Christmas.....

Oh yes we did!! We set up Christmas this past weekend, almost a week before Thanksgiving. We are going home for Christmas and wanted to enjoy our Christmas decorations for longer than a week. We blasted the Christmas music(all three kids dancing) and while Eric fluffed the tree, I put garland around the kids pictures along with a wooded Christmas tree on my buffet(that is all the decor I wanted this year.) Sometimes simple is better. And this year I wanted it simple. The kids were beyond excited. I love new traditions! It seems that we add more every year as the kids are getting older. I must say I love sitting in the family room with a sparkly Christmas tree. I love everything about this time of year. It is a bit odd though to be in a state with a mild winter. At least at this time of year. Not complaining though! Note: Brynnley was doing great with not touching the tree however the other day as I was talking on the phone with one of my BF's, she left my sight for what seemed like minutes and had 10 candy canes in her arms and was running for freedom. She cleared all that her arms could reach. So pretty much all the ones that Avery and Thomas did. She was trying so hard to keep them all in her little arms. You could tell she was pretty excited and proud to have conquered the tree of most of it's sweets, but mom had to ruin the moment. It was pretty cute but I had to quickly clear the stripped sweets before she broke, unraveled, and devoured them all! She is my sugar baby!

So tonight went a little something like this....showers, running around, Brynnley can't get enough lotion and was rubbing all over her face, scripture study.......and then some how the bedtime routine turned into.......

I love how when the games began, Thomas ran and got his Indian hat that he made today at school. Now he is READY!

.........then we said prayer and the kids were off to dream land and mom and dad continued to play with the nerf guns(Ha!).....OR even better......they relaxed together in peace!!!