We picked out our tree and started putting up the holiday decorations this weekend last weekend, while listening to Christmas music, of course! One of my very favorite things to do! Hunter was a big helper this year. He put a few ornaments on the tree himself, but then seemed to prefer to unwrap each ornament from the packaging and hand them over to mom and dad to hang (after the appropriate amount of "ooohing and aaahing" over each one, of course). Mason slept through most of the tree decorating, but he was awake earlier in the day when Hunter was down and "helped" me to unpack some of the other house decorations. We waited to turn on the Christmas tree lights until just before dinner when it was getting dark outside and they both seemed a little awed by the sight! We really had a wonderful time and I know it will be a memory I cherish for a lifetime!
This weekend we took the boys to Christopher's Train Garden at Broom's Bloom Diary Farm which is now our third year in a row. Both boys sat on Santa's lap and Hunter told him he would like Bobba Fett for Christmas. SO CUTE! Both boys got a kick out of watching and playing with the trains, but Mason was especially intrigued by it all. This inspired us to come home and create a train track around our Christmas tree, which Mason has been thoroughly enjoying ever since. Hunter also helped me wrap gifts and bake Christmas cookies. We kept it simple and made only our usual Monster Cookies, which has everything you could possibly want wrapped into 1 cookie. Then we also tried a new recipe for Reindeer Cookies, which turned out both cute and delicious! They will definitely need to be added to our growing list of annual Christmas traditions in our house.
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