Emojis

Tom brought some emoji ornaments for the kids, and they had a ball with them.  They talked about which one belongs to each of them and who was the poop head.  That Tom is a silly dude.

Christmas decorating

The Christmas decorating iwas in full force this weekend.  We set up and fluffed the red tree in preparation for the ornaments.  The boys were very intrigued with the process, and they wanted to be right in the middle of the action.

 

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The glass ornaments were hard to keep our hands off of.  Something about being breakable just made them even more fantastic.  The boys loved hanging them on the tree and talking about their meanings.

 

As soon as the tree was finished, the nutcrackers found special places throughout the house.  Ryland and Reed love the nutcrackers and wanted to play with them all.  John Chris told them what each one was and when he got them.  It was a wonderful day of sharing traditions and making memories.

A fun place to play

The Christmas tree is up, and it is the coolest place to play. Both boys immediately crawled under the tree and started playing with the branches and light cords. John Chris and I knew the red tree would look dinky in the entry, but we just couldn't even begin thinking about finding a replacement. We talked about ways to keep the boys out of the tree and ornaments, and we decided to give the tree a little height. We added a wrought iron urn to the bottom, and all our troubles and worries were gone. The tree is now the perfect height, and the ornaments are safe from fast little hands.