Parkie's favorite tradtion....

Parkie loves when it's time to decorate the Gingerbread house. Normally Brad is the one who constructs it but, he was out of town so it left mom to do it..:( The kids watched with concern as I tried putting this house together. I think for the first time they were doubting mom's crafting skills. After awhile I was ready to give up but, knowing how much it meant to Parkie, I kept at it. Eventually, I finally did get it to stand and it seemed to pass Parkie and Abby's test. They both worked on it together and I thought it turned out pretty cute.:)

Decorating the tree...

I remember as a kid getting so excited to decorate the Christmas tree. I loved looking through the ornaments and putting on my favorite ones. After we were all done decorating I liked turning all the lights off and laying under the tree and looking up into the tree mesmerized by all the brightly colored lights.
Usually, my trees are put up after thanksgiving so by the time the trees were put up they were dying to decorate. Never failing, an ornament gets dropped and breaks all over the floor. It has become almost tradition because it happens every year..:)

Christmas 2011

Adventures of Jerry

Yes, I am still posting blog entries for Christmas...:( I don't feel like I can move on until I blog about our Christmas. This year our elf didn't just fly back from the North Pole and sit on a shelf. I had heard of people doing silly, mischievous things with their elf. I though my kids would get a kick out of it so, I did something each night hoping they would be entertained by him when they found him the next day. Having this plan actually helped me remember to move him each night. I only forgot to move him one night and when brad noticed, he quickly thought of something and moved him for me......awwww..he can be sweet sometimes ; ).....Anyway, here are some of Jerry's adventures...