After the glutton of Halloween and the endless gratitude of Thanksgiving, you will be eager to move on to the culmination of all yearly holidays: Christmas. You will start talking about Christmas- visiting family and shopping for toys, dreaming about softly falling snow and envisioning the glow of your children's eyes as they gaze at the Christmas tree- as soon as the first leftover turkey sandwich is made.
You will want to quickly pack away the Thanksgiving decorations to make room for the Christmas tree, nativities, and advent calendar. You may even be swept away enough to rationalize pulling out the decorations out while the kids are awake and possibly even a little stir crazy from non-stop-rain-and-30-degree-weather-induced cabin fever. You will tell yourself that it will be a fun and memorable way to spend Thanksgiving weekend together as a family.
You. Must. Resist.
You will undoubtedly end up with three broken ornaments in the first 15 minutes of decorating, which will result in 3 separate vacuumings of the same living room rug. You will threaten to pack up all the decorations and put them back in the garage before it is even the month of Christmas. You will have used the phrase, "The elves are watching" 45 times in the first weekend of their appearance. You will wish you had waited until the proper 25 days before Christmas to even mention the holiday at all, because now you have to hold true to all of those threats and promises for another MONTH.
And deep down you know that, no matter how many times the kids remove their favorite ornaments from the tree and then leave in the middle of the floor for you to step on, Santa will be coming to your home on Christmas Eve. So just relax.
You might even end up with sweet moments like these.
And then you'll realize that it really is all worth it.
But still, don't say I didn't warn you.
P.S.- Next year you'll be shocked at how little she looked, but for today, doesn't Leah just look so grown up? Pants outfits are still so rare that I can't help but take a picture every time.
3 comments:
Yes, yes, I have the same thoughts every year too.
Although, I must say, plastic ornaments save my sanity. I won't even go NEAR a glass one until all my children are over the age of 7, at least.
It looks beautiful! We're living with broken ornaments at the moment now too. Aaron must have glued several back together before they even reached the tree. I always tell myself that we'll get nice things when the kids are older.
Love the pictures. Leah does look so cute and grown up! Pants are a raretiy here too!
ahh yes. The moms stress of Christmas. I'm trying to relax more too- it takes practice that's for sure.
And yes, Leah looks SO grown up, i love that outfit!
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