Thanksgiving Recap and Christmas Preparation

Thanksgiving was a wonderful time for us. We got to visit lots of family and eat lot of food. The children really enjoyed seeing all of their grandparents. My parents had a surprise. They had redone their living room with new carpet and paint. It looks fabulous.

Beka and Jared have been ready to decorate this house for Christmas since Halloween. I put them off and said we were not going to decorate until after Thanksgiving. I did give in a little and let them make posters for their walls. Well, we arrived back at our house the Saturday after Thanksgiving and I somehow managed to hold them off until Monday. The tree is now up and decorated. They have garland hanging in their rooms. We need to get some of those cling things for the windows yet. But I think we have made a great start.

Beka is already discussing what kind of cookies Santa needs for a snack. It should be an interesting Christmas. Beka talking about Santa's snack reminds me of one year when I was a kid, my wonderful Aunt Sherry mentioned to my brother and I that the reindeer needed a snack too. Of course, we were then on a mission. The reindeer had to have a snack. Aunt Sherry brought over feed corn on Christmas Eve and told us it was for the reindeer. My brother and I sprinkled a full coffee can of corn all over our patio. I still don't know what happened to all of it by morning but it was gone just as if the reindeer had eaten it.