Deck the Halls - 2012

Amped to get going on the 2012 Holiday season, I really got the Isbell family going early.  In fact, we're still a week out from Christmas and have seen Santa at least three or four times, and the tree may or may not make it another seven days.

This weekend as Carter was putting the finishing touches on the nativity scene, Bradley entered the room and asked him what he was doing.  Carter said that he was, "setting up the manger, because you know dad, it's not just about presents.  .  .  It's also about baby June".  Alas, my heart leapt at the thought that I had indeed truly inspired the Christmas spirit in my son, only to be disappointed that Jesus was in fact June.  (For awhile we thought he said Baby Jew, which would have technically correct).

I have also recorded every possible Christmas movie possible on Disney Junior and Sprout, and Carter got to stay up late last week and watch my personal favorite, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.  About three minutes in, I thought we had lost him, and am in fact a little embarrassed to admit that we let our three year old watch the movie.  However, tonight Carter informed me that I was the best mom in the world, (because we made our second batch of Christmas cookies today), but if he did need to choose a new mom it would be " the lady from the Christmas Vacation movie, from when the dad was dreaming about his pool".  Ah - ha !  He did take in the movie!



To recap this month, here's a list of accomplishments:

1 - Breakfast with Santa and crafts in Yreka (Will never repeat without help from another adult)
2 - Christmas cookie decorating with a group of Carter and his buddies
3 - Letters to Santa (I took pictures of the letter before we mailed it to prove to Carter that in fact, he did not add another four things to his list).
4 - Telegram from Santa
5 - Christmas tree-hunting, decorating
6 - Christmas tree decorating - carol singing at my mom's
7 - Christmas tree decorating, with Bradley's mom
8 - Christmas crafts, thumbprint Christmas lights
9 - Callahan Santa (he has a ponytail)
10 - Holiday Hustle 5K run, with Santa and hot cocoa (mom won with a 19:28 5K time)
11 - Three nights of Christmas light viewing (multi-state)
12 - A multitude of Christmas books read over and over and over again

I don't know who will expire before Christmas first, this mama or the tree!