I got my act together today and I worked hard at making the house look a little more like Christmas! The kids were great helpers! We got out the nativity sets, made a big Frosty the Snowman for our back door and switched out our Thankful Tree with a Christmas Tree that the kids fingerpainted. Oh - and we got out our little Christmas tree and hung the stockings. The kids loved making Frosty and they insisted that he have red boots and a "corncob" pipe just like the Frosty on TV. I got in a little bit of trouble when I made the pipe out of brown paper and Hope reminded me that Frosty's pipe is yellow.
Fingerpainting the Christmas tree was also a big hit with all three of them, but especially with Aliyah. She loved it. She was such a mess by the time she was done (green paint on her legs, feet, tummy, arms, face, etc!) that I decided a bath was a must! The other kids joined her and they all played in the bathtub for probably 45 minutes!
Aliyah is in love with the nativity sets this year. Especially with Baby Jesus, which is no surprise, because of how much she loves babies. She climbed up on that little chair so many times today to just stand and gaze (and sometimes touch with just one finger, b/c that is our rule!) at Baby Jesus and the rest of the nativity set. So precious!
I've done a lot of my Christmas shopping online this year. I especially did a lot of it the weekend after Thanksgiving. I found some great deals that way! This has meant that the UPS man has stopped at our house every. single. day. this week. I kind of wish I was kidding because that's a little embarrassing to admit! I started feeling sorry for him (he usually gets to our house between 7 and 8pm at night!) but also very thankful for his hard work . . . and he's a super nice guy! I asked Samuel if he wanted to draw a picture for the UPS man as a "thank you" for delivering so many packages to us. Samuel readily agreed and the picture I posted below is the picture that he drew for him. Almost too cute to give away!! We also baked some cookies and gave some of them to the UPS man along with the picture.
I feel like it is starting to look and feel like Christmas around our house!! The only thing we are missing is our Christmas tree (going out on Saturday for that!) and some snow outside!
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