Tuesday, December 11, 2018

A little festive, a little crazy

It's been a busy week, and the kids are quick to remind me that we only have two weeks until Christmas!  EEK!  It was a busy weekend of holiday festivities - The Train Hop, Christmas Tree Hunting, parties, a King Me gig, and decorating the house and tree.  Oh, and then picking the tree up when it tipped over and decorating it again. 
A sign of the holidays in VT!

Visiting with Santa at the Train Hop (Noah wanted no part of this)


Train ride at the Train Hop




Even Lea, the American Girl doll, is getting festive!

Christmas Tree Hunting was a fun family adventure, as usual.  Words can't describe how gorgeous Mount Mansfield was as we drove up to the tree farm, but I was certainly giving thanks that we get to live in such a beautiful place.  The kids had a great time with their cousins romping around in the snow, and we found a beautiful tree.  The weekend was hectic, so we squeezed in some decorating time on Sunday, and that evening, I heard a big CRASH right after the kids went to bed.  Spontaneous tree tip-over.  Evie came out of her room and started sobbing, so it was quite a scene, but we were able to get it all cleaned up pretty quickly.

Christmas tree hunting - every year the kids love to play on this rock

Annual Skida hats photo

Grandpa's best helper

Tree hunting crew
Noah chickened out with the star
 




Wishes the Elf has also re-joined us!
Here are a few other fun moments from the week:

Great time catching up with friends

"Holiday Breakfast" prepared by Evie and Noah for me and Matt

Gingerbread house building at Girl Scouts

Early AM bus = catching the sunrise

Noah refuses to stop biking despite the snow and ice

Grandma Karen was the Starbucks customer of the week!

Grandpa Zeke got his first deer with his muzzleloader.  Congrats Grandpa!

Noah saw this in his Highlights magazine and wanted to try it himself.  Pretty cool!

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