Oh my goodness, Christmas with kids in the house is SO much fun!! Nathan has really been loving all of the Christmas activities this year, and Natalie's been getting in on the fun too. Our Christmas elf, Elvis, comes every year on December 1st. Nathan was SO excited for his arrival that he had a hard time getting to sleep the night before, and woke up at 5am to find him. I'm a little afraid of how early he's going to leap out of bed on Christmas morning! :) He's had a ton of fun looking for Elvis every morning, and Natalie loves him too. Once Nathan helps her spot Elvis, Natalie spends the rest of the day going over to point and him and show us where he is. So cute! Some kids' elves do lots of mischievous and sometimes naughty things--I am glad that Elvis is a little calmer and just finds silly places to perch, because I have enough cleaning up to do with two kids!
Elvis' first spot.
The kids were both excited about decorating the Christmas tree.
This was how Natalie tried to participate--by climbing on top of the ornament box every time we closed the lid!
So we decided that we should put her in more of a supervisory role. :)
Nathan got in on the action right away, and I am pleased to report that this year he did not break any ornaments in the process--he did a great job!
Can you guess who put these ornaments on the tree??? Apparently that was an excellent spot.
"Mom, it's beautiful!"
Nathan really got into the idea of writing letters to Santa this year. He wrote his, and then wanted to do one for Natalie because "she can't write yet" and then had so much momentum that he decided to write one for Todd and I as well. He put them in our stockings and then asked Elvis to deliver them to Santa for us, a request that he was happy to oblige. Oh, and yes, our stockings are hanging in the window--I didn't want Natalie to pull them off the mantle and get beaned in the head by the heavy metal stocking holders.
Nathan's letter to Santa: He's really good and writing his letters, but just in case you can't follow the order of them, here is the translation: Dear Santa Police Truck Please Nathan (with an illustration to clarify!).
Here's the address: To Santa North Pole
Natalie's letter, addressed side
Natalie's letter: Dear Santa Dolly Natalie (and another illustration)
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