Saturday, December 22, 2018

Our FIVE Christmas Trees

We love Christmas time around our house. I love having the overhead lights off and just the tree lights on to light up the rooms. There is just something calming and relaxing about Christmas tree lights. We typically have four or five trees up in our house each year. It takes time putting them up and the dreadfulness of taking them down, but we sure do enjoy them while they are up. Here is our craft tree that sits in our breakfast area right off of our kitchen area. It use to go in our dining room, but we see it so much more here around the table that we eat at each night. This tree is special becuase it holds all of Emma and Landon's crafts they have made over the years from our house, daycare, and even at school. It also holds a lot of stuffed snowmen that I use to collect. 
 Here is our one and only real Christmas tree and it is our main tree that sits in our foyer/living room area. It holds the ornaments we buy for Emma and Landon each year. They both get a special monogrammed and dated ornament each year that they will one day take with them when they move out on their own. This tree also hold special ornaments from places we have traveled or just ornaments that we see, love and, decide we want to add to this tree. It holds a lot of religious ornaments about the real meaning of Christmas.
 Here is Emma's bright pink tree. She has ornaments on here that she has picked out over the years. They represent what she has liked in the past and currently likes as far as characters and such.
 Here is Landon's tall and skinny tree. Like Emma's, his holds ornaments that he has picked out over the years that describe his likes and interests in things and characters
. And lastly is our Georgia Bulldog tree that is in our extra bedroom turned media room. It holds all things Georgia related. Every now and then we will grab another ornament to add to this tree. 
 I love reminiscing about the different ornaments each year as they go on the tree. They take me back  down memory lane to the time and place where each one was purchased or received and the special meaning behind each one. 

Friday, December 21, 2018

Sparkledots Fun

Sparkle Dots, out elf likes to get into some fun during the Christmas season. The kids made this gingerbread house yesterday evening and we spotted Sparkle Dots there this morning. She decided to join in on the fun of the sugary gingerbread house. The kids love waking up each morning to see where she is and what she is doing. 

Thursday, December 20, 2018

My Little News Girl

Emma stepped way out of her comfort zone this week and became part of the school news. She was the student who said the pledge to the flag every morning. It was fun watching her on the morning show each morning. She believed she could and she DID! So proud of her!

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

A Visit From the Grinch

Landon's pre-k class had a visit from the Grinch today. I hope he was sweet and showed that his heart was three sizes bigger during his visit with them. :)

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Visit with Santa

Emma and Landon got to visit with Santa this afternoon. This is the best local Santa. He listens to them and always tells them that he loves them and so does Jesus!

Monday, December 17, 2018

Pretzel Date with Landon

Emma had her dance Christmas party today, so Landon and I had a pretzel date at the mall. We both share a love for Auntie Ann's pretzels and the cheese dipping sauce. Landon loves coke and cherry Icee drinks as well. It was a fun quick outing with just Landon and I this afternoon. 

Grinch Day at School

Today is Grinch Day for Emma's class and she was set on being Max, the dog. I just knew she would want to be sassy Cindy Lou Who, but she wanted to be the Grinch's dog. We pulled this outfit together and she did make the cutest dog if I say so myself. 
 Here she is with Landon before going to class. He is practicing his best Grinch face for when he is in second grade and gets to participate in Grinch Day.