Christmas Festivities

Picking Out the Perfect Tree

Adair loved the wagon ride at the tree farm.

Daddy "measuring" the width of the tree we chose with Adair.

Checking out the tree from below.

Advent Wreath Making

One of the highlights of this Christmas season was creating an advent wreath and reading the verses of advent at home each night.

Adair and Caroline enjoying pizza.

Passing the light.

Our (almost) finished wreath.

Homemade Tree Decorations

Stringing fruit loops for our kitchen tree.

Visiting with Santa Claus

Adair loved the idea of Santa this Christmas.  She still wasn't super keen on the idea of him coming into our house, but she was enthralled with the stories of the North Pole, Santa's reindeer, and Santa himself.  She was excited to visit with him, sit in his lap and tell him what she would like for Christmas.  She remained consistent all season on her list.  She asked for a see saw and a baby doll, making Santa's job relatively easy.

She insisted on taking Santa's picture before sitting in his lap.

Telling him her wish list.

Adair and Santa.

Zoo Light Safari

Adair and Ginger the deer after Ginger gave Adair a "kiss".

Adair and Anne Fulton.

Baking Christmas Cookies

One fun family tradition is baking cookies together.  It's something my mom and I always did together and now, Adair enjoys it too.  We make a big mess, but we have so much fun in the process.

Cutting out the cookies.

Decorating our Gingerbread House

Any activity that involves candy is a favorite of Adair's, so she was dying to decorate our gingerbread house.  She had so much fun icing the house and placing all of the candy. 

Proud of the finished product.

Christmas Eve

Adair and her new Christmas eve pajamas.

We spent Christmas eve with our sweet friends the Hawleys this year.  Adair and Webb had a great time bouncing on the trampoline (yes, even in the cold), decorating cookies and playing together. 

Webb enjoying the candy from his cookie.

Adair decorating her "tree".

Adair, Marlen and Webb.

After our company departed, Santa went to work.