We are really gearing up for the holidays! The day after we got home from Pennsylvania, we hung all the outside decorations. After that, we only had one week of school left before Christmas break!! My last week of school was filled with all fun activities, the last three days, I had to carry all of my supplies in my backpack because we had to be out of our classroom during track out. One day, I brought a secret present to school (Mom didn't tell me what was in it) and we exchanged them at school. I got a colorful owl that I named Owen for my gift. We also celebrated Dad's birthday that week. Despite all of us being sick, we still managed to make it a nice day for Dad with cake and presents.
On the last day of school, we went to the tree lot to find our Christmas tree! It actually didn't take us long to find a tree, and we enjoyed skipping around the trees and enjoying the atmosphere while they tied the tree to our car. I probably won't forget this tree because 1) I got to put the star on and 2) a few days after we stood the tree and decorated it, it FELL DOWN! Don't worry, Mom and Dad got it back up and it looks just beautiful!
The first week of track out, Mom took us to Toys R Us so I could look around and make sure I tell Santa exactly what I want for Christmas. We had a fun day looking around and enjoying the mall. I wrote a very nice letter to Santa describing each and everything. We mailed the letters in the mailbox on main street and hopefully Santa can fulfill my list!
On St Nick's day (Dec. 6) we woke up in the morning to find a gift left by the fireplace. The gift was for Adam and me and inside was a cookie maker! That evening after dinner, we made cookies. The cookie maker makes all sorts of shapes that we can decorate with sprinkles! What a cool gift we got! The decorations are out, cookies are made, Santa letters mailed. Now all we have to do is enjoy the season and have fun! Next up - a visit from Grammie and Gramps!
Christmas truly is magical!! After all the fun leading up to Christmas Eve, it didn't disappoint! We continued our tradition of assembling our gingerbread house (this year it was a log cabin) before eating spaetzel soup for dinner and going to Christmas Eve mass. After mass, we came home, got into our jammies, cozied up by the fire and opened presents from our family. Just before bed, we wrote our notes to Santa and got his cookies ready. This year, we remembered to put some oats out for the reindeer although we forgot to give Santa milk...oops! It didn't seem to matter because when we awoke Christmas morning, Santa had come! I opened all of my presents to find all the gifts on my list, plus a few unexpected ones. I was surprised to get a puppy that I had wanted a few months bag! My puppy is an Alaskan Husky who sleeps so well! I named her Mindy! I also got a tablet and a soccer ball too! I was so very happy with all that I received! We capped off a wonderful Christmas morning with a crab casserole and putting the start on our Christmas countdown tree. I'll be busy playing with my new toys until Mimi and Papa arrive!
