Its beginning to look like Christmas

We have been getting ready for Christmas. The girls love listening to Christmas music. I think the favorite is Frosty the snowman. Avery talks about how we are going to build a frosty and give him a magic hat. She hopes that he doesn't melt. We have been slowly getting out the Christmas decorations. Avery helped with the tree and I rearranged it a bit after she went to bed.

We have already been to see Santa once and talk about what we want for Christmas. Avery was set on a Barbie house. But when we were at Joanns she saw a miniture sewing machine. She told me that she wanted the Barbie house next year and wanted the sewing machine this year. Then she asked me if I would teach her how to sew.

I was wanting to do an advent calendar. But changed my mind after doing one for Halloween. It was fun and we enjoyed the activities, but Avery never forgot and sometimes I just didn't feel like doing anything. So I got them each the chocolate calendar and we will still do the activities when we can.

One thing I wanted to try this year was Elf on the Shelf. We watched the movie that came on TV a couple of days ago. Then we had a knock on our door. Avery went to go get it and was so excited that it was our very own Elf in the Shelf. Since we had just watched the movie, she had to name him Chippy. IT was cute to see how excited she was. We then read the story and I helped her and Halle decorate their own little Christmas trees for their rooms.

Halle wanted nothing to do with Chippy.

We had fun looking for him this morning. We found him in our tree.


Just some other things. My sister had her baby while we were on our cruise. She is darling and I can't get enough of her. The girls love her as well. The girls love to play Hide and go seek. I was humming this morning and Avery told me to stop because it was "Bringing on her nerves". Halle talks so much now and is putting sentances together. She seems so old now. I love how she says OK. She holds out the O for awhile.