Christmas Tree

We had a super weekend! We stayed home on Friday and just played, played and played some more. Friday afternoon the girls and I got out the inside Christmas decorations. They thought that was a blast. There are Santas everywhere and so far Camille has been pretty good about leaving them alone. The girls loved looking at all the Christmas books and Avery was in heaven with her collection of Christmas purses. They think the stockings with their names on them are pretty cool. I asked Av if she was going to fill mine with presents. She said, “no mommy, that’s Santa’s job.” Heheheh she is too smart. On Saturday we got up and headed off to find the perfect Christmas tree. We always head down to the waterfront to where some Christmas tree vendors set up shop. It’s nothing all that special but it’s kind of a tradition for us and it’s always fun by the waterfront. I was determined to get a picture for our Christmas card so I talked to Av a little bit about it. I showed her all our picture cards from the past and she loved looking at her friend’s baby pictures as well as her own. I told her she needed to smile for me when I asked her too. She of course said, “no!” So I told her that was fine but I was going to mail out a picture with or without her and I thought Jackson and Caroline (her bff’s) would be very disappointed to get a picture of just her baby sister. That did the trick! I got better pics of her than I did of Camille. It was a beautiful day. Very cold but sunny and pretty. Avery picked out a great tree and then we headed home for lunch. The girls found it very silly to have a tree in the house. That night we went to the Mason’s house for a full-fledged dinner party. It was a blast and the kids were so good. We were there till 11pm. Camille partied the whole time. I partly felt like a bad mom but she is NEVER up past 8:30 so once in awhile is not going to hurt her. Yesterday we took the kids to the gym. It was Camille’s first time in the day care there. She did pretty well. It was a nice break for mom and dad. John had made chili that morning and after the gym we decided to invite the Shumans over for dinner. Not knowing if we had enough chili or not we decided to turn it into a chili cheese dog party. I decided last night that I don’t eat enough of those. Heheheh boy are they good. Our Christmas tree is still not decorated though. Hopefully tonight that gets done. I hope to get some more cute pictures of the girls.