Christmas Traditions

I LOVE CHRISTMAS! It is so much fun with kids. The excitement they have is contagious! We pulled our Christmas decorations out earlier this week and they had so much fun going through the boxes and putting out our decorations. We went today and got our two trees (one that I can decorate with my pretty ornaments and one for them to decorate with their "not-all-so-pretty" ornaments). We decorated their tree tonight before they went to bed. Tons of fun!




Another tradition we started last year that was a BLAST was "Elf on the Shelf". We got our book last year and named our elf, "Elfvis". He is so cute! He comes back every year and watches the kids during the day, goes to the North Pole at night to report to Santa, and then is in a different spot each morning (but usually not before doing something silly around the house). The kids jump out of bed and run around the house trying to find "Elfvis". It is so much fun! You can talk to him (and believe me, they do!) but you can't touch him. He showed up tonight during dinner...the doorbell rang...and THERE HE WAS! We read our book, the kids went to bed, and Elfvis with be somewhere different in the morning. The kids are really into Elfvis...Paul was concerned that he may be hungry so he gave him some snacks and wrote him a note. 8-)






There are other traditions we have that will take place as we get closer to Christmas...I'm sure there will be more to post! MERRY CHRISTMAS!