The Christmas Spirit has hit hard this year! I love Christmas anyway, but this year nothing is holding me back. I've enjoyed my fall things for the past 2 months, so why not spend 2 months with my Christmas decor too?
I'm very thankful that God has given us an amazingly beautiful fall this year. Some years I feel like summer turns directly to winter, but this year I feel like God said, "You know what? It's been a bad Earth year...I'll give you some extra beauty." Or, maybe we're just not taking as much for granted this year.
For the "haters", I love Thanksgiving too! I promise. I just roll Thanksgiving right in with Christmas. October-December are literally the best months of the year. The boys and I are even doing a "Thankful Pumpkin" this year. I'll post pictures sometime.
My urge to put up Christmas has been strong this past week. I've started listening to Christmas music daily because it makes me happy. I'm trying to figure out if I have enough space for my big tree in my living room. My mom had me almost convinced to get a pencil tree...but it kills me. I love my full size tree. I'm convinced I'm going to make it work, so we shall see. I'm not even going to attempt it until the boys are at Jacob's, because I get stressed out with "help". They'll still get to put ornaments on though.
Today we went to Springfield just for fun. I knew the boys would jump at the chance to go to Scheel's, so off we went after preschool. We had fun looking around and riding the Ferris Wheel of course. They appeased me and we went to Michael's (I didn't torture them with Hobby Lobby this time), and I made it out with only one Christmas decoration. We did a quick trip through Target and then headed to Walmart for school supplies. Mom of the year over here procrastinated because what was the point in buying new until now?
While we were there, I of course needed to take a stroll down the Christmas aisles. I was doing good, and the next thing I knew a 4 ft. flocked tree jumped into my cart. I've been envisioning a tree in my bedroom, and I have plenty of space, so why not? I always contained Christmas to the living room and dining room at the old house. Time to let the cheer spread through the whole house! The boys even entertained themselves with Christmas stuff while I was deciding on decor. I decided I wanted a buffalo plaid tree. I love it! It's small, but perfect. Now I just need a topper. The one I bought weighed the whole tree down. The boys think it's great. Even Daniel who was a bit skeptical of me putting a tree up on November 6th.
I love the build up and anticipation. Once gifts are open on Christmas, it's almost sad. I want to enjoy the holiday spirit as much as I can this year. Daniel brought up the Advent calendar activities we do each year. This will be probably our 5th or 6th year of doing it. We do acts of kindness and other fun activities each day leading up to Christmas. It has reached the point where they have their favorites, and so we do a lot of the same things, but that's okay! I look forward to it each year, and it's so much better than Elf on the Shelf...at least for me.
49 days until Christmas! Here's hoping I can help send some holiday cheer your way!
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