Christmas Time

We finally got our tree up. Yes finally, the 4th of December feels like we

waited way too long. I was worried with all of the construction going on in

our house it wouldn't happen until later in the month.

The boys were in charge of checking all of the strings of lights. Here's a question for you...

How many lights do you use on your tree? Ryan thinks I use way too many. I typically

use 700 lights. This year I only used 630 - I couldn't use one strand because of missing bulbs. Do you agree with Ryan and think it's a fire hazard? ;)

Ethan - "You know what I love about Christmas besides the presents?"

Me - "Singing?"

Ethan - "Nope."

Me - "Goodies"

Ethan - "Nope. I love that it's Jesus's birthday and we get to celebrate it. And it's good Christmas is on a Sunday this year. That way we can go celebrate it at his house."

Avella just thinks she can climb up on anything. Well I suppose

she technically can...

The boys kept making comments about how beautiful our tree was. I agree 100%.

Wouldn't it look better if it had those extra 70 lights? ;)

Meet our little elf Pascal Zachy. I'm sure he's the only elf at the North Pole

with this name. Ethan chose Pascal because the chameleon on Tangled has that name,

and he is very sneaky just like our little elf. Trevan chose Zachy within

nanoseconds of me telling them he needed a name. I have no idea where it

came from, and he wouldn't even consider not using that name.

He's been in some funny places in our house already. The boys have already told it

exactly what they want for Christmas, and it's so cute watching them interact with it.

The funniest thing by far was watching Trevan try to sneak up on it and

catch it moving. He tried jumping around the corner to catch it five times, yes in a

row. It was all I could do to not laugh out loud.

And I must say it has definitely helped their behavior improve.

Do you have an elf at your house yet?

Merry Christmas!