Please don't mind the laptop in the picture. I was just having fun and I just wanted a picture to put up for all to see. This is my in-law's tree. Seeing how we are living with them, it will be ours as well. So many decorations with so many meanings. I can't wait until we can put our own up...hopefully next year.
The kids are really excited about Christmas. Aubrey just loves to look at the tree and touch every ornament she can. Thankfully, we haven't broken any this year because of touching, just yet at least. Clayton says we need to have a star instead of an angel on top of the tree. I agree, but again, it's not our tree. We have a star for our own tree.
We started a new tradition this year. It's called Elf on the Shelf. There is a special book and elf that you can buy that explains it all, but in short, you have a special elf that stays at your house during the holiday's and it watches you so see if you are being good or naughty. Every night after the kids go to bed, he goes to see Santa with his special magic and reports what he saw each day. He comes back before the kids wake up and he is in a different spot. So every morning the kids have to find 'Present' (our name for our elf) the elf. It is really fun. When the kids are being especially bad, we just remind them that Present in watching them and will tell Santa how they have been that day. On Christmas Eve, our elf leaves to go visit Santa one last time and stays with Santa until the next holiday season. Santa has the last say on who is naughty and nice...but it is nice to have an extra set of eyes and ears on the kids. You can't touch the elf unless you want all his magic to go away. You can tell him all you want for Christmas. You can talk to him, but he is under strict orders not to talk back. It is just a fun tradition that I am sure the kids will remember.
Steve has Christmas off this year. It will be nice to be able to open the presents in the morning after church instead of after naps like we had to last year. Plus, it will be nice to have a helping hand get everything set up for the kids! We'll be spending the afternoon and evening with parents, when they get home for their sacrament meeting. I'm excited!
So, I hope that all of you have an awesome Christmas. I'm sure we will!
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