We have had a fun (and unseasonably warm) 2015 Christmas season. The girls are excited and full immersed in the spirit of Christmas. Kensley is especially excited and tells us daily how much she loves Christmas. I wanted to highlight some of our annual traditions and what we've been up to since Thanksgiving (in no particular order). Warning: this is lengthy.
As mentioned previously, my mom, sister and I braved the crowds and shopped on Black Friday. This kind of kicks off the Christmas season for me. I got my shopping done super early so the past few weeks have been pretty relaxing. :)
Our Elf on a Shelf, Sparkles, came back again this year the week after Thanksgiving. The girls are all obsessed with it and have lots of questions: "How does he fly around?" "Why does he have that tag on his back (oops...forgot to cut that off)?" "Is Sparkles a girl or a boy? Well it has short hair like a boy, but Nana has short hair and she is a girl." It's been an adventure and Jeremy has pretty much taken over the nightly moving and hiding of Sparkles. I fear Kensley may cry when it leaves for the season as she's just "going to miss Sparkles so much".
We were able to visit with Santa at Reynolds Farm equipment again this year and he did not disappoint. The Lindvalls joined us and the cousins had a great time all together.
Our Elf on a Shelf, Sparkles, came back again this year the week after Thanksgiving. The girls are all obsessed with it and have lots of questions: "How does he fly around?" "Why does he have that tag on his back (oops...forgot to cut that off)?" "Is Sparkles a girl or a boy? Well it has short hair like a boy, but Nana has short hair and she is a girl." It's been an adventure and Jeremy has pretty much taken over the nightly moving and hiding of Sparkles. I fear Kensley may cry when it leaves for the season as she's just "going to miss Sparkles so much".
We were able to visit with Santa at Reynolds Farm equipment again this year and he did not disappoint. The Lindvalls joined us and the cousins had a great time all together.
More so than any year before, we have taken drives out at night to look at Christmas lights. The girls request to do this often and always have to have Hot Chocolate on our drives.
We made a trip to Christmas at the Zoo several weeks ago when the temperature was 70 degrees. Most of Indianapolis joined us as well and it was absolutely packed! It was a quick trip as the crowds kind of overtook us, but fun to walk around without jackets in the middle of December!
Something new we had the opportunity to do this year, was attend the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's Yuletide Celebration. Jeremy and I have been before and it was just as good as I remembered. It was in place of his work's Christmas party and it was so fun to be able to go as a family. The girls loved it and did so well sitting through the 2 hour show. After we took them to Buca di Beppo's for an early dinner and had fun walking around seeing Christmas lights on the circle. I am hoping this may be a new tradition of ours.
This year we also made and decorated our Christmas sugar cookies. It's always a big undertaking (especially with three little girls underfoot), but they all love to help (and eat!) so it's a fun activity. This year we also decorated a gingerbread house. Jeremy's work had a contest so they purchased all the supplies for us so all we had to do was put it together. The girls loved doing this, but we are sad to say we didn't win. :)
While Kensley has been away at school, the little girls and I have gone to Jolly Days at the Children's Museum, visited a nursing home with my MOPS group to sing Christmas Carols, made trips to Conner Prairie and Chick-fil-A and have had lots of playdates with friends and cousins. I was able to volunteer at Kensley's class party this year and it was fun to see her in her element.
We are looking forward to a fun Christmas week with lots of time spent with family.
No comments:
Post a Comment