Christmas is Coming!

I forgot to mention that we broke out the holiday decorations on Thanksgiving morning.  Our party didn't start until late afternoon so we set to work decorating the house.  I just love putting up the tree. This was one of my favorite things as a kid and I loved going through all the ornaments and seeing my favorites from year to year.  Now I love having Wyatt "help" decorate the tree too!  He is always so excited to help... last year was sort of stressful because he wanted to open up everything right now so this year we had a plan!  First, we made sure to put Olivia down for her nap.  Then Tommy drug all the boxes out and Wyatt helped set up the tree.  Then we bribed Wyatt with a treat from the Shopette, so dad and Wyatt rode bikes there to give me a good 45 minutes to go through and get the ornaments out of their boxes.  Upon their return Wyatt decorated the tree to the 3-foot high level :)  After that point, we gave him a lift up high to reach the top!  I must say, though, that my favorite part of this picture of our tree is the beaming baby girl sitting on the floor!  And, I think it is interesting to note that she hasn't even so much as lifted a finger to the tree!!  Oh, and she finally got her two front teeth in, so she can cross those off her "All I want for Christmas" list. :)

I love the holidays and this year we have resumed our annual Parker Holiday party!  I was a bit sad to see that after making out our guest list, though, that we had to chop it down by 75% because we just do not have much room in our house.  As it is, it will be tight but we are looking forward to gathering with good friends and lots of food!

We also have Wyatt's Christmas program at his pre-school coming up as well as Tommy's unit holiday party.  After that come Christmas itself and then I am hosting a spouse social after Christmas, followed by a Progressive Dinner party for New Year's Eve.  I'll keep you posted on all the activities as time permits!