Thanksgiving

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving at Grandmama's house as always.  The food is always so yummy and it is good to visit with people that we only see a few times a year.  We went on Wednesday to get our Christmas Tree, it has kind of become a tradition mainly because the tree farm isn't crowded and we always get a perfect tree.  Mark picks out our tree every year and he really does have great taste, in fact he may have out done his self this year!  We were only going to get the tree, and we were going to decorate it after we got done with Thanksgiving dinner, or so I thought anyway. Hayden wasn't going to have it any other way but to decorate it Wednesday night and she was very into it this year.  She was a really big help this year and she was so excited to see some of their old ornaments especially the ones she has made at school.  It was fun! Gracie put all of hers in the same spot, pretty much what all 3 year olds do.  Colton just watched and enjoyed all the pretty lights.  Friday, we decorated the rest of the house with all of our Christmas things and put Hayden and Gracie's tree up in their room.  They were so excited that Mimi had bought us some snow, the kind in the bottle and we used it on their tree too!  We also decorated outside, Mimi was so nice to give us some ornament solar lights and garland for the porch and mailbox, it is really pretty at night.  Hayden has truly enjoyed herself this year!  Gracie and Colton still don't really get into it.  Our house is just simply beautiful this time of year!!!

Today Hayden, Gracie and Colton's Elf arrived.  I cannot even begin to describe how excited Hayden was.  He was in her stocking.  I came into the house and realized he had arrived(heehee) and I went to get them.  Hayden was so excited or shocked that she couldn't hardly breathe or talk!  I don't think I have ever seen her like that, yes I teared up a little bit!!!  Gracie was excited too, but she is still learning.  The Elf on the Shelf is very important.  He is magical and he reports to Santa every night and comes back in the morning and is always in a different spot.  You can't touch him or he will loose his magic.  They named him Chipper!  Chipper is very cute and is making a big difference around here.  Hayden has asked a million questions and I have tried to answer all of them.  I love the way they believe in magic!  They also got the Elf on the Shelf movie, which they have watched a total of 4 times this afternoon.  This has really made their day!!!  I also have prove that they believe really hard because someone dumped all the little bitty crayons all over the floor right where Colton plays.  I had already told them earlier not to do that now that he is moving around and putting everything in his mouth.  Hayden said that she didn't do it, so I got on to Gracie and she immediately got defensive and started getting upset.  Obviously she didn't do it!  I just stood there and said that Chipper knew who did it and would probably tell Santa.  Hayden immediately said "Okay I did it and I am Sorry!"  I had to walk away to laugh!