The holiday season is in full swing and I feel like it's already going by too fast! For Thanksgiving this year we debated up until the last minute about what to do. We were going to just spend it at home as the 6 of us, but ended up going to my sister's house for dinner, and then home for dessert.
The adult table
The kid table
We attempted to get a good photo for Christmas cards but the lighting was bad. So here you go, a family picture of us!
That weekend we cooked our own turkey at home and it turned out delicious!
The following week we began "Christmas School". Each child got a box with matching Chistmas PJs and a Christmas activity book. I also showed them our sleigh filled with all our wrapped Christmas books. The kids have taken turns each morning selecting one to unwrap and have me read, and I'm really loving this new tradition! For our curriculum, we have added in the Christmas Unit from Gather Round, which we're really enjoying!
We also kicked off the week with a drive through a light show at a local church. It was really spectacular this year! I had a headache and wasn't feeling my best, but I still enjoyed it.
This week the big kids helped my Dad put together his childhood train that rides around their Christmas tree. What a special memory with Grandpa!
Not sure what these boys were doing....probably checking their stockings!
Part of our Christmas curriculum was to bake gingerbread cookies, so we delivered them to some of our neighbors late one night.
Yesterday we finally went out to get our Christmas tree, so Jenna and I donned our beanies!
Isn't this cute? We tried a new Christmas lot this year and of course the lot with the cool truck cutout had the best trees. (one of these years we'll find a place to cut down a tree up here! I miss doing that in the Bay Area),
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