Unfortunately for us, Gabe is working a lot at the beginning of this month. Last weekend the kids and I got to attend a Chris Van Dusen book reading and signing. Of his new book, of course, so Noah and James got a Christmas gift early. It was so neat to meet him in person and to hear the background story on some of his books, and did you know that he designed the Lobster license plate? The kids did so well and really enjoyed it. On our way home we picked up our Christmas tree at a local farmstand we love to frequent. To our luck, it was also their open house day which means- santa with free trinkets, and lots of free food, to which Noah took full advantage of- whoopie pies, blueberry pie, apple pie, pink cheese on crackers, and the list goes on... we had a great day and I even got the tree in, set up and un-netted before Gabe got up the next day. On Sunday we got to see Gabe for a few hours before he had to go back to work- working nights (14+ hour shifts) for the next 2 weeks. During that time Gabe, Noah and I got to get all of the decorations up outside. I have been plugging away at the inside decorations since the Friday after Thanksgiving, but more so than not, I take something out, the kids play with it or throw it and it goes back into the box. We are very much downsized this year to books and kids decorations, save for a few things on the mantle... I am really liking the limited clutter at this point:) We will see how far we get decorating the tree. Currently it has lights and is tucked in the corner which seems to be working well. The kids do drive the baby stroller into it, or James will fall/trip/be pushed into the bottom branches occasionally... we will see which ornaments make the cut this year... or maybe the tree with only lights looks nice. Thankfully the kids are both old enough now that they love to help with "jobs" around the house, so they are perfectly content to help out/play on their own while the other things get done. Oh, and to our UVP friends... Noah LOVES his t-shirt:)
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