I use to love Christmas decorations, there was a time when I would get giddy to buy them but now with babies who like to touch things I really don't want to put them out since 90% are breakable! But the Christmas tree makes me happy and now it makes Julia happy! Every time she comes down the stairs she says "oh look, come see mommy, come see the lights!" She had such a great time decorating the tree, she was a girl on a mission and did an amazing job decorating the bottom of the tree, even though numerous ornaments hung on one branch! She kept checking all the boxes to make sure we didn't miss any, then she discovered the singing Christmas stuffies...oh man, they sure don't get annoying quick! Here are a couple pictures of Julia's decorating talents!
We took the kids to see Santa last week and Julia was so excited until she had to sit on Santa's lap, the pictures below show the emotional roller coaster of the Santa visit. As a parent part of me finds the tears amusing the other part struggles with the "If you sit on a strange man's lap, he'll give you candy!"
Ben didn't seem to mind Santa until the last picture and my friend Lisa's caption seems to explain it best!
"Haha, look at Ben's face 'If my sister is scared and crying then by GOD I should be terrified too - right Mum!?! MUM!?!"
