Holiday Wishes

My goal for this season is to try new things that we have not yet done as a family. Things get really busy around here with school, work, baby feedings, and the typical holiday bustle. I want to be sure that we take time as a family and actually ENJOY it! We have already started some new family traditions that we are really excited about. The first one is our "Elf on the Shelf". Thomas named him Buzz and he flies to the North Pole to report to Santa about Thomas' day and if he should be on the nice or naughty list. Each morning, Thomas awakes and finds that Buzz, the elf, has moved to a different place in the house. The best part is children can not touch or play with the elf or else the Christmas magic will be lost. I have a feeling we'll get many more years of magic from our new elf!

We also began decorating for Christmas. This year we decided to place the tree in the playroom in front of the windows facing the backyard. We thought this would be fun, just in case Santa brings us something for the backyard (wink, wink). Thomas got to place the star on top like he does every year. Ken hung lights on the house and we decorated the tree. Thomas is ready to wrap presents, although I don't know why since he told Ken everything we got him!

Another fun thing we did this week was go to the lighting of the Winter Springs Christmas Tree. We bundled the boys up and got there in time to visit the local booths and even go on a train ride before the tree was lit. It was fun to see it "snow" (mini-bubbles) on the sidewalk. Afterwards, we ate at a little pizzeria. On the way home we went through the neighborhood where Thomas' school is and saw lots of pretty lights. Four deer even jumped across our path! It was so neat. It really made it feel like Christmas.