Sunday, December 20, 2009

Christmas 2009 Memories

The Princess was so excited to put the star on the top of our tree.

A Gingerbread & Candy tree at the Dad's company party.


The Princess with Santa at our Church Christmas party. The Buddy also saw Santa, but just got the candy cane - no picture! She asked Santa for Barbies.

The Princess with Mrs. Claus.

Me with the Buddy at the Tilden Carousel Christmas display.


Things I want to rememeber about Christmas this year:
  • How the kids, especially the Buddy, begged to put up the Christmas tree Thanksgiving weekend.

  • How our tree keeps getting redecorated as the kids move ornaments around.

  • The addition of new ornaments the kids have made at school. Those are priceless!

  • How excited they get to see Christmas lights as we drive around.

  • The Buddy singing "Jingle Bells".

  • The Princess singing "Little Drummer Boy" - she loves the "rum-pa-pum-pum".

  • The Princess playing with our Fisher Price Nativity set.

  • How much the Buddy loves "The Polar Express" movie.

  • How no wrapped present is safe around the Buddy.

  • Coming up with Christmas activities to put in our advent calendar. Each day we pulled out a different activity. Sometimes it was simple like cocoa & cookies for dessert or reading 2 Christmas books. Some were bigger like a Christmas party. It gave us something to look forward to each day.

  • Getting dressed up to go to the Dad's company party.

  • Listening to the music of "The Nutcracker" in the car before taking the Princess to see it for the first time (more on that later).

The kids and the Dad on the Tilden Carousel.

One of the decorated trees at the Tilden Carousel. They were amazing! Below, is the Buddy in front of one of the trees.


1 comment:

P's in a pod said...

so neat all the fun things you do for the season!