Our tradition remains as we waited till the weekend after Thanksgiving to put up the Christmas tree and start our Christmas fun. Except for that week in July when I listened to Christmas music....that, of course, doesn't count.
First order of business.... Going to see Santa and telling him what we want for Christmas.
Walking into the mall to see Santa.
This will be both Sissy and Bubby's first time sitting on Santa's lap. Bubby was so excited. He wanted to even bring a magazine with him to show Santa exactly what he wanted for Christmas. Despite Bubby's excitement Mr. G and I still had a pretty good feeling that Bubby would be scared once he really saw Santa. And we were 100% right because as soon as we got close to Santa Bubby started crying, "No Santa. I wanna go home."
Luckily, the man who was taking the pictures had his 3 year old son there and Bubby knew him from school on Monday. So they had Santa walk away and let the boys sit on Santa's chair for a while.
Then the lil boy got out of the picture and we stuck Sissy in there.
Then we slid Santa in the background.
And it worked like a charm. A priceless picture in my opinion.
Even though Bubby G was too scared to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas we are still going to mark Santa off our to-do list for this year. Now the next thing on our to-do list is putting up the Christmas tree.
The night before we had started moving furniture around to make space for where we were going to put the Christmas tree. I was able to capture an adorable video of Bubby talking to me about Santa. Click on the link below to watch it.
Talking About Santa Video
The kids hugging before we started putting up the tree.
Posing for a picture. I love how he has his hand on her shoulder. Gotta love it.
While we were bringing in all the boxes of decor and setting up the base of the tree we let Sissy just sit and watch. And that's exactly what she did.
Of course, Bubby is always a huge source of entertainment in our house so he decided to run circles around Sissy to make her laugh. Click the link below to watch a video of it.
Running Circles Around Sissy Video
Putting the first branch on the tree.
I sure do love my family.
Bubby was trying to help dad and Sissy all of sudden started taking a huge interest in her feet.
She noticed her feet probably a month ago but this is the first time I've seen her....
Try to eat her feet.
Bubby helping me put more Christmas decor around the house.
Amongst the pile of Christmas stuff waiting to be put in it's spot was Marley watching over it all.
Look who found Santa. I think she's checking to see if his beard is real.
Almost done with the tree.
And now Bubby has found a new rocket ship to climb on.
A quick picture of me and Sissy while the boys were working.
But eventually all the fun wore Sissy out and she fell asleep in her swing while we continued to work.
Bubby putting the final touches on the tree.
He's the best star-putter-upper ever! Great job Bubby!
Now for some pictures in front of the tree. Sissy sat and smiled at me for probably 5 minutes letting me taker her picture, but with Bubby feel better after being sick we had a hard time getting him to slow down long enough to pose for a picture. He was just so excited about the tree.
That's the closest I got with them both looking at the camera and almost smiling.
And that's just a sweet picture of Bubby showing how much he loves his sister.
But before the night was over I was able to get Bubby to stand in front of the tree and actually look at the camera and smile. And YES that is a sucker in his hand. And YES I did bribe him to get him to take a picture. (Don't judge) And YES that is Polar Express on the TV. Nothing like the Polar Express to get you in the Christmas spirit.
We had a great time getting ready for Christmas. Now the hard part is gonna be helping Bubby to understand that Christmas is still weeks away.
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