I love Christmas. It's my absolutely favorite holiday, and I look forward to it every year! Sometimes it's hard to get into the holiday spirit when it's 80 degrees outside, but the two older kids have been getting super excited about Christmas, which also helps me get excited about it again, too. :-) Buttercup had been asking for about 1 month if it was time for us to put up a Christmas tree, so last weekend we finally went out and got one! We also decorated the tree, decorated the house, made some Christmas cookies, and some Christmas crafts -- all in the same day. Whew! Lots of fun. :-)
Theodore didn't get to help make the cookies this year, but he did enjoy climbing up onto the step stool and sneaking some!
He also liked swiping the cookie decorations off of the counter. :-)
I love this sweet boy!
And I love this sweet girl!!!
As per our usual tradition, the kids picked out a special ornament at Hobby Lobby. Oliver picked out a dinosaur (which I forgot to take a picture of) and Buttercup picked out this black horse. She insisted on hanging it next to the stable, because . . . that's where horses belong! :-)
I gave Theodore a couple of soft ornaments to hang on the tree. He ran around the living room with them for a little while, then threw them on the rug. Then he picked up his dirty sock and stuffed it in the tree (in the picture below). He was so proud of himself! I love that sweet baby!!!!!
The kiddos were getting a little crazy after eating cookies and being inside for too long, so we shooed them outside in the back yard. Theodore was perfectly happy playing in a big pile of leaves!
Buttercup had fun being herself . . .
. . . and then she had fun trying to make leaf angels!
Theodore tried to make leaf angels, too. :-)
Then Oliver came over with a wheelbarrow full of leaves for his baby brother, and all 3 kids decided to have a leaf dance party. :-) What a fun day!
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