Keeping busy during the Christmas Season

My family is enjoying this Christmas season.  We are staying busy with lots of activites.  Last weekend was cram full of stuff for us to do.  We decorated for Christmas,seen Christmas parade, went to watch Junie B. Jones Christmas play, and went to Lexington to see the lights and let the kids participate in the activites there.  Enjoy the pics....

Josiah went in the storage room and drug out the tree the day after Thanksgiving.  He made me keep my promise.

Finished tree.  I plan on redoing the ribbon with some mesh.  Don't ya love my tree topper Maynard fixed for me?

Collage of our living room decorations.

My primitive tree in our bedroom.

Being silly in front of the tree.

Maynard is such a  big help when we all go shopping.  Ha Ha

Christmas on Main 2012.  We love watching the parade and the weather was perfect.  Amelia soon shedded her hat and mittens.  I even looked down to see her boots off at one point.

I love this picture of Titus.  Maynard and Josiah were out selling reindeer noses and antlers at Christmas on Main so that's why I didn't have Josiah in the last picture.

After we drove through the lights, we parked and Frosty met us at the front entrance.  It was warm and I left the kid's jackets in the van.  I wasn't thinking about it getting so cold, but they were freezing an hour later.  oops!

Josiah had saved his money helping Maynard sale reindeer noses the night before to ride a pony.  Poor kid couldn't get his balance and was scared and kept saying, "are we done yet?  Is it almost over?"  I felt bad that he didn't enjoy what he had been looking forward too.

Titus was a born natural.  Need I say more?



Amelia liked it, but I had to stay right beside her and I wasn't too happy about that.  I am scared of all animals.  (Have I ever said that on my blog before?) lol

That should about bring us up to date.  We have also been busy practicing for a Christmas play at our church that we've been working on.  My kids are looking forward to that so if ya'll want to come we are gonna have it Sunday night the 16th at 6pm and again that Friday the 21st at 7.
Maynard and I have snuck away for an overnight shopping trip.  My neice Tara has my kids at the house.  I have to get all my shopping done tomorrow while I have a babysitter.  I ALWAYS have my kids and I can't shop with them with me.  When they were little it didn't matter, but now they are at the age where it does matter and I want Christmas to be special for them with suprises.I am missing my kids something awful, yet at the same time it feels good to spend time with my husband!