Today was a first in our little family. There are still 4 days left in November and all the Christmas decorations are out. There are a few more little things I plan to do to make the spirit bright, but it feels festive in our house. The tree is up and decorated. The stockings are hung by the chimney. The pine candle has been lit. Tonight after dinner we watched "The Grinch", had a roaring fire, and drank home made hot chocolate.
All but two of the Christmas presents are purchased and I'm working on setting up a sub-for-Santa project for us to participate in.
I received my Christmas cards in the mail on Wednesday and I already have all the envelopes addressed. I won't be sending them out yet, still some work to do.
I'm almost finished with the awesome "activity a day" advent calendar I'm working on for the boys (and me). We just need some snow so we can build a snowman, blow bubbles that will freeze, catch snowflakes on frozen black paper, and paint a rainbow.
I have a fabulous top secret present in the works for my husband. He has no idea and he might cry. Power tools are so emotional. He isn't planning to get me anything (we have a deal every year - no presents, but I cheat every year) so I already bought myself a new dress (from him of course because I have no income) to wear to church on Christmas Sunday - I just need a navy blue cardigan.
Ah yes, the spirit of the holidays has hit early this year - and the boys were absolutely crazy today to prove it. We've got two trees this year, one for me and one for the boys and that enabled me to decorate my tree all by myself and if I do say so myself, it turned out lovely.
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