'Tis the Season!

We have decided that Jadan is our Christmas kid. Not that ALL kids don't just adore Christmas, but there are some kids that live for it...

December 1st came and Jadan told me he was going to be in his room looking for letters from the elves... You see, last year around this time, we had some very special visitors; we never had the fortune of actually seeing the elves, but we know they definitely exist because every day 12 days before Christmas, they left letters for the kids with a clue inside to find a small toy, candy, etc... to remind them that Christmas was coming. They were so diligent (and magical, I might add) that they visited us through our traveling...in a hotel, at Grammy's, etc...

I was thrilled that Jadan remembered and was excited...well, at least the first 52 times he asked about them that same day. Then, I came up with a plan...we should ask the elves when they are coming; we could make them a little elf hotel for them to make their visits more comfortable; we could make them their favorite elf treats...SO, to find out more about these little guys (Jadan says they are probably about Cooper's size!!) we have constructed our very own magic mailbox to communicate with them. We made a fancy mailbox pole out of a wrapping paper tube and then, to our surprise, Santa himself mailed us a tin Christmas mailbox and some magic dust to activate it! HOORAY!!! So far, the kids have sent letters to Santa to

let him know what they would like for Christmas. We haven't heard back yet, but I understand that the elves are very busy!! I'm sure we will find out many more interesting things!!!

The other question Jadan kept asking was "When are we going to get our Christmas tree?!" We wanted to start a family tradition of cutting one down at a tree farm, but it has been hard to coordinate with Danny's busy schedule of work and wrestling practices and meets. So I have heard this poor child ask now for over a week, every day, several times a day, sometimes multiple times in the same conversation!! So, to appease him until we can get our real tree...

I let the kids each decorate one of my little fake trees. They were SO thrilled and did a great job!