I came across a post about doing a family year book. That was always my goal in keeping this blog is to actually keep record of our year and at the end of it have it printed into a book to enjoy. Life has gotten busy and I haven't been as diligent about posting as I used to. Sometimes I think about all the little funny stories I have missed, especially for Alice, on this blog and I get a little bummed. But, I am going to attempt to get back in the game. I think I say this pretty much every December when my fall season quiets down and I am left with more time. I am not sure what happens to it all. So today I will have a new start.
We put up our Christmas tree yesterday and filled the front of our house with lights. We are slowly accumulating more Christmas decorations. Dave is always excited about this as his house growing up was always decked out in holiday decorations.
This was the first year Alice really took notice of the tree and was in aww. She has tried to grab a few ornaments here and there but is getting the hang of looking, not touching. She walks over to admire it often. Asher loves decorating the tree. He couldn't wait to get started from the second we picked it out at the Christmas tree lot. Jaxson has taken to some traditions this year more noticabaly. They had a friend over yesterday as we began decorating and when he went to put an ornament on the tree Jaxson asked he pick a different one because that one Dave needed to put on the tree. He would hand Asher "his" ornaments and took special notice to his special ones too. It is nice that he is getting a tad taller and more particular where the ornaments are put. He was in charge of making sure the bottom half of the top half was decorated and kept Asher from filling up one section of the front of the tree too much. Pretty soon we won't need to help at all!
