Fun Christmassy Things!

We've done so many fun Christmassy things this December, and all of us have enjoyed it so much! We started with decorating the tree together as a family. Crew only wanted to throw the ornaments off the tree, so he was quickly banned from tree decorating. But Gavin was a great help! He took it very seriously and wanted to make sure we got all the ornaments on the tree in the right spot! It was precious

 We also did an Advent Calendar this year. The boys might be a little young for this, but we had some fun things on the agenda and some crafty things as well. We got the boys their own Christmas tree upstairs that they could decorate and pick out their own ornaments. They had fun with that. One of the advent calendars days was spent shopping for toys and clothes for a little boy and his family who don't get presents all the time. This one really stuck with Gavin. He kept talking about this boy, and even got to pick out the toy for him, and helped me wrap it. I think it really stuck with him bc he wanted the toy for himself so bad, but I was happy that he kept graciously understanding, at age 3, that this toy was for someone less fortunate.

We got some Starbucks hot chocolate one day on the way to school, and even went to Chickasha again with the Bakers to look at lights. It was so freezing that night, so we spent very little time outside before we retreated to the car to drive through the lights with some heat.

The boys had a great visit with Santa this year. Neither of them were scared or cried when we put them on his lap. It was so sweet! 

And we did lots of Christmas movie nights. The boys loved Polar Express, and barely moved or made a peep through the entire thing! They also really loved the "Elf on the Shelf" movie, Shrek the Halls, and the Grinch. 

 

Sister pic from Amy's Birthday party night! 

It's the most Wonderful time of the year!