Christmas 2008

The Christmas season whizzed by this year. I don't know if it was because there were only 3 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas or we now have 2 kids, but it was a struggle to get everything done this year. I have also learned that I can no longer take on as much as I do and get it all done. I didn't enjoy the holiday as much this year because I was trying to fit in all the "traditions" that I have created. I will do better next year, pair down the baking, and try to step back a bit and enjoy!

We did manage to make the gingerbread house (can you see a hole where the roof meets the house wall? Hunter nibbled on the house while I was getting everything ready....just too tempting!), bake the cookies, visit Santa, make the count down to Santa chain, sprinkle the reindeer glitter outside, get Christmas pjs from their elves, leave carrots, cookies and milk for Santa and crew and wrap all the gifts! Exhausting!!

Hunter was so excited for Santa this year. He wanted a fire truck, ambulance and police car and repeated it over and over whenever someone would ask. I struggled to find the ambulance, but finally found one in CVS no less.

My parents bought him the fire truck so when he didn't have one to open at home he was a bit concerned that Santa forgot. He said "Where is my fire truck, I asked Santa?" He was so relieved to find it at Gigi and Papa's.




Luke was just excited for all the paper and loved to play with all of the toys with Hunter.

After we opened our gifts at home we went to my parents house to do it all again, and had a wonderful dinner with them.
Hunter even helped Gigi with dessert.