It's the MOST WONDERFUL Time of the Year!

With Thanksgiving behind us, we dove into the Christmas season full force this week!

We got out some Christmas toys......Laura Ann's absolute favorite is still the Nativity set. She has begged for a solid week to get this out & I finally found it in the attic on Monday......she spent basicly the whole day rearranging everyone around the stable!

On Tuesday, we picked Daniel up from school & headed to Pine Hill Farms on our annual search of the perfect tree. Then we headed to Cracker Barrel for some hot chocolate & vegetable soup for supper. And I am proud to say that this year's tree didn't create near the drama of last year's tree. Dan got smart and chose a much smaller tree, making getting it in the stand and keeping it in there a cinch!

On Wednesday night, we got out the Polar Express trains & track. We had so much fun building the track & getting the North Pole all set up. They both LOVE the train track still & played with it nonstop for 2 hours after we got it put together.

On Thursday, we got out the Christmas movies (and despite the looks on their faces, they were thrilled) & no surprise that Polar Express was the first choice, quickly followed by Frosty & Rudolph! And no movie can be properly enjoyed without popcorn & M&Ms!

On Friday, Laura Ann & I decorated the tree. She was SO EXCITED the entire day working on the tree and other things around the house. She insisted on helping with it all. And just to be sure we were in the spirit, she brought her cd player downstairs & played all of her Christmas cds for me. Music led to a little dancing with Daddy.....be sure to see the pics in the slideshow. I had to MAKE her save a few ornaments for Daniel to put on when he got home from school. I just knew he was going to be so upset that we worked on the tree without him. Ummmm.....not so much......he did mention that he liked it passing by, but changed right into his football clothes & when I asked him to hang his ornaments, he told Laura Ann she could do it for him. Ha! Anyway, he did hang the Bama ornament & Laura Ann happily did the rest. Later on, when we put up the trees in their rooms, Laura Ann, again was SO EXCITED.......she hung all of her ornaments & then asked if she could take them off & do it again!!. Daniel was excited to see his ornaments, looked through them, then asked Laura Ann if she would decorate his tree!! Such a girl & such a boy!