If the Mitten Fits....

Deer Sisters

Just loving this picture! ARM is showing the Christmas reindeer she made and little sis not about to be left out of this picture.  They are just too sweet!

O Tannenbaum

EMM is holding the Christmas tree he made in preschool.  The kids love decorating the house for Christmas, the cookie baking, picking out gifts for cousins and grandparents, and especially putting up our nativity scene I am happy to say!  They do know the real meaning of Christmas and love all of it.  Definitely the most wonderful time of the year!

The Skinny Tree

One of these years, we may have to upsize our Christmas tree.  Each year the kids pick out a new ornament at Christmas time, and when they move out on their own one day they will be able to take their ornament collection along and have all of those for their very own tree. The tree we have now is starting to get a little crowded.  It was purchased when we had no children and lived in a two bedroom duplex, so we opted for a tree that was tall but not so full to save on space.  The good news is that it looks fully decorated, no big empty looking areas. 

In art class, ARM made a chalk Christmas tree drawing and in her head she may have had the image of our slender tree. 

Christmas Cookies

Making cookies just sort of goes with Christmas, doesn't it? EMM's class made cookies - both real ones (that were very soft and sort of fell apart - no worries - it was eaten right up!) and these cute little gingerbread Christmas cookies.  I bet that classroom was a mess - they used real icing on both the paper and edible cookies! Sure smelled good though....and most importantly, they had fun!

Chipmunk Love

Thanks to Pandora music, our kids hear a few Alvin and the Chipmunks songs every now and then...that is, if their dad does not skip them!  Finding a few books and a movie at the library for these musical chipmunks was also fun.  ARM even made these little "Alvinn! Simon! AND! Theodore!" signs and hung them on her "bonk" bed.  So many moments that make us smile...even if we don't necessarily have the same taste in music!