It's beginning to look like winter!

The first big storm of the season. It started snowing super early this morning and hasn't stopped yet. Hopefully Christ can get back into the garage. We haven't gotten a snow shovel yet and there's about 5-ish inches and counting. I'm just glad I don't have to drive in it today. 

And here is a fun little piece of decor. I got such a great deal on it! And it adds just the right touch of Christmas :)

Clean, clean, clean

Lincoln is turning out to be  quite the little helper. He litterally throws himself on the floor if we don't let him sweep...drama! I'm wondering if I clean too much. The last couple of days Lincoln pulls out a wet wipe and then proceeds to wipe down everything! The oven door, the floor, the walls, the carpet, and even the chairs. It's so funny. I think we have a miniature Danny Tanner on our hands (we watched a lot of Full House while I was on maternity leave...maybe too much)!!!!

The Piano Maestro

Lincoln spends lots of time on this piano. Usually its a lot of fun to listen...until he turns the volume up to full blast, then its not so fun. Chris fixed that though. Lincoln can only turn it up half way...Sweet! His favorite thing to do is to turn the sound to the organ and pound away! It's always a show :)

 Having so much fun!

Look at that concentration!

On the 1st day of Christmas...

This year we are doing the 25 days of Christmas and I couldn't be more excited! I want the holidays to be so memorable for my family and I'm hoping this will become a wonderful tradition.

With 25 days left....

who wants Christmas pillowcases!?!?!?

Putting on the Christmas pillowcases was one of my favorites growing up...but pretty much anything to do with fun Christmas stuff was my favorite...it was the official start of all the good things to come!

Lincoln put it all together. I wish I could have caught him on camera when he got the pillow. He was squeezing it so tight and rolling all around. What a character!

The Tree

While I put decorations all around the house Chris took care of the tree! I love that it glows!!! It's just so fun!

And my first attempt at Bokeh. Not perfect but I feel like it's pretty good for my first. I'm so excited to experiment a little this year with Christmas photography. It will be quite the learning experience.

Christmas Lights!

It's finally December! Christmas is just around the corner and the festivities are on the way! Every year we dedicate the day after Thanksgiving to Christmas decorating...and this year we had a little helper...mischievous too! We waited to do anything with the lights until it was a little darker because we wanted to see Lincoln's reaction. We put Christmas lights on the house a few weeks ago while it was warm and when we turned them on all we heard from Lincoln was ooo's and awwww's. He loved them. We weren't disappointed with his reaction to more lights. It was a blast! He even figured out how to plug the last strand in and had fun playing in all it's bright glory! Until he found the other end of the plug and we decided him chewing on that probably wasn't a very good idea. I thought that stage would end...nope...everything still goes in the mouth.

 Display space is a little short now. No fireplace mantel, only my two shelves but I have a bar height counter. It is now the perfect home for the Nativity. It really is the perfect place for it. You can see the Nativity from everywhere in our front room and I love it! This is what Christmas is all about. I just hope that I can remember that and be able to teach my kids that too. I love Christmas...everything about it is grand! From the decorating to the candy making to acting out the story on Christmas Eve...it is wonderful!