We had fun.
Nile & Zola
Decorating the tree was a real exercise in letting go for me. I am usually really anal and meticulous about the decorations and how they are put on the tree. But with two wild, very enthusiastic four year-olds helping out it was pretty hard to control what went where and I just had to let go and let them have fun. In the end the tree looked considerably different from how I would have decorated it - but the kids had so much fun. ( I actually considered re-doing it after Nile went to bed but I think i'll just leave it).
This is our fifth Christmas with our sad little four ft. tall fake tree - I think we'll get a real one next year. I've collected so many ornaments over the years that I need a bigger tree to hold them all.
Voila!
Nile's Advent Calendar
We got a Playmobil Advent Calendar this year & he is loving it (although the temptation to rip open each and every box seems to be quite overwhelming for the little guy!).
We keep it right beside the bed so he can open up the little door the moment he wakes up!
Nile had the *brilliant* idea to put a white sheep skin under the scenes it looks like snowy.
Here's our scene so far .. Isn't it pretty?
And Finally .. I just had to include a photo of these amazing eggs. I got them from a farmer in Glade (nearby) who sometimes orders cakes from me. In the fall he brought me almost a dozen GIANT zucchinis! I'm not sure if you can really tell in the photo but the eggs are a gorgeous shade of blue and they are tiny. and delicious.

