It's Christmas Time in the City

As we zoom through the last few days before Christmas, here's a look at some of the holiday fun we've been enjoying thus far this month.

Christmas Tree Selection

We chose a bright and mild Saturday to hunt for this year's Christmas tree, and luckily the little members of the family were in good spirits for the long hike through what seemed like the entire Christmas tree farm to find the humongous tree that we convinced Daddy to drag all the way back to the car. We had a bit of a set-back when, just as the car and cashier hut came into view over the slight, icy hill, Evelyn slipped and took a face dive resulting in a bloody lip. She is a resilient little lady, so after a brief visit with Nurse Mommy and a little snack back at the car, she was ready to continue in the tree farm fun.

He looks like such a big boy now

Ready to search for our tree

The search party sets off across the field

Did you guess that her favorite color is purple?

Daddy and Eli and the tree (Evelyn is currently behind the tree, refusing to be in a picture)

Eli is supervising

Evelyn informed us that this stick was a "baby tree"

Our tree is cat-approved

Cookie Decorating

We've spread out the cookie-decorating fun over a few days this month...gotta love the pre-cut, frozen cookies that make it really easy to bake just a few at a time.

Very focused on his edible art

Mimi helps out

Evelyn has been taste-testing

Pa and Evelyn

Gingerbread Houses

After refining our decorating skills with the cookies, it was time to move on to a larger canvas...the gingerbread house kits! This year, each kiddo got to assemble and decorate their own house, so we did an evening build/decorate session so that Mommy and Daddy could both help with the fun.

The seasoned pro, hard at work

 Little lady was very serious about having her own house this year

The finished product - back

The finished product - front

Little lady's house

The boys

The girls

That's a Wrap!

Once again, the kids set up their wrapping table as close as they could get to the Christmas tree. They were excited to decorate the wrapping paper and bags for their gifts for their cousins and friends.

Busy little elves

Lots of Frozen stickers were used as wrapping decorations this year