Ho-Ho-Ho!

You can tell Christmas is upon us because I have been SUPER busy! I've been very sick since before Thanksgiving so everything has taken me twice as long to complete. Earlier this month, I decorated the house all cute and even cleared a space for the Christmas tree. Well, that spot is still empty. The weekend we were going to get our tree we had our first big snow followed with sub-freezing temps. Then the next week, we had 3 Christmas parties to attend plus ringing the bell for the Salvation Army. Pip and I also baked reindeer poop cookies and made spice ornaments for our tree that never was. Then we braved the cold and looked at Christmas lights. Pip enjoyed the lights and wanted to go outside and touch them. In between decorating for Christmas and attending parties, we took a few pictures with our brand new camera of all the fun we've been having...well mostly all the fun Pip has been having and it's only just the beginning. We still have to visit mall Santa and make a gingerbread house-maybe we can convince Oma to help us on this one.

Pip wanted to help me put up Christmas decorations. She especially loved taking care of the very breakable, delicate Nativity scenes I have. She kept toting the baby Jesus around and saying, "Shhh baby sleepy." Cute, until you remember what she did to baby Jesus last year

Way too chipper in the morning!

Pip at Preschool decorating her very own ornament! She got to make 2 ornaments this holiday season. The other one is a really cute ornament we made at the Kelley Kids party. She used her handprint to make little snowmen. I think this will be a holiday tradition we will continue with the rest of our children. We already have 1 tradition where we get 1 ornament as a family.Listening to "The Night Before Christmas". I was totally bummed that I had forgotten to go into my teaching supplies and pull out all my Christmas books. Well maybe next year! We did have a FHE where we read the Nativity story to Pip and talked about what Christmas is all about. She kept saying, "Happy Birthday Jesus". Followed with a nice rendition of "Jingle Bells".

Partying Pip! We had 3 very festive holiday parties to attend this year. The first one was for the Children's Therapy Clinic. Pip has been attending physical therapy for about a week now for her club foot. We luckily started our sessions right before their big Snowflake Festival. We had so much fun! There were crafts, toys, and games. Pip even got to sit on Santa's lap (I held her, Santa stood behind us). The second one was our ward's Christmas party. Pip loved the Nativity program and the rolls. Lastly, was the Kelley Kids party. We had treats and a book gift exchange. We also played a game and made an ornament.

Children's Therapy Clinic Snowflake Festival. This was the only picture I could get of her.

Kelley Kids party! The kids enjoyed dressing Pip up as a snowman. Pip enjoyed all the attention she was getting! Ward Christmas Party. She loves her some rolls!

Christmas sure is fun when you have a kid!