When you are a parent and it is Christmas, there is a LOT going on. If you wanted to, it would be easy to fill every day of December. There are plenty of events to attend, crafts to DIY, goodies to bake, and general activities of the holiday persuasion. In the last few weeks, besides decorating our trees and house, we attended the Natick Common Tree Lighting, painted ornaments (along with the counter, our arms, etc.), made and frosted dozens of sugar cookies, wrote letters to Santa (and got a reply!), marveled at the Snow Village at the Elm Bank Festival of Trees, watched the Polar Express about nine times, listened to Ashton sing at his preschool's holiday concert, sent out 91 Christmas cards and Amazon Prime'ed our way through almost my whole shopping list. The boys continue to take Pete quite seriously, they consult him on various matters and Alex calls him "Eee". And finally, they went to visit Santa himself.
See, Ashton knows what's in it for him. Alex does not and therefore has no shame.
It has been a wonderful month. Ashton is so into all the holiday things, and Alex gets excited because Ashton is excited. They both fall all over themselves in the morning to be the first to find Pete in his new spot. Pete is going to bring some special elf pajamas for both of them on December 24, and I have a feeling Christmas Eve will just be magical in our house. Ashton
believes. It is by far and away the greatest thing I've experienced at Christmas since I myself thought Santa was real.
We will be on break now until January 4. While I might throw a quick post up between now and then, my full holiday recap won't be until then. It's been a wonderful year, love to all and
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