Christmas Decorating

I have to admit, I'm kinda a control freak. I want things done my way, so I'd rather just do it myself. EXCEPT, um I need help I'm kinda a busy girl. You see my delema. Well Putting up Christmas decorations is hard for me. I want it to be a family tradition, but I want it done my way...

Well this year I broke the mold and let Ryan and the kids do the tree. I only fixed (i.e. took down and redid) one thing. I decided my goal for this years Christmas was to ENJOY the season. I even told Ryan (and meant it) that I didn't want him to get me anything for Christmas. All I wanted was a fun happy holidays. So I started it off by actually LETTING the kids and Ryan help with the decorations. It was so much fun! I got to do the nativities, which are my favorite part and they got to do the rest. Everyone had a nice time, especially the kids who just LOVED decorating the tree. It was really cute.

I have a few kid friendly nativities that I left kid level so they could play with them. Last year for Christmas my mom got us the little people one. I have been wanting it forever and was so excited! Logan LOVED it. He played with it almost everyday. Emmy too. Here they are playing with it just after I got them out.






I love doing this because we talk about the REAL reason for Christmas and the kids get to hold the pieces and understand the story a little better.

Decorating the tree





Kaitlyn



Emily



Logan



My proud babies showing off their hard work




And every year they find the baby (like 12month) santa outfit and try it on. Silly gooses.




A video from that same week:

Ryan making Evan laugh. This was one of the first times he laughed more than once in a row. Soo Cute!