Until Next Year, George...

Full disclosure that I'm writing this on Christmas Eve. I think we're going to be a little bit too busy for the rest of the weekend to squeeze in time to post to this blog!

George has been bringing G some super cute props this year...let's take a look to see what he did this week!

Day 20: December 19

"Look, I decorated your house!"

Day 21: December 20

"Best Toy Maker"

Day 22: December 21

"Can you get a hole in one?"

G drew a picture of George...it makes me giggle!

Day 23: December 22

I love this little set...it's going to join my décor in the future!

Day 24: December 23

George left G a Wilderness Scavenger Hunt list and a tiny backpack...this will be fun in the spring!

Day 25: December 24

This is it...our time to say goodbye. This note from George gives G permission to hug him today, as he won't need his magic to fly back home on Christmas Eve...Santa will take him when he visits our house!

This week felt so long, and it took forever to get to the end. The kiddos started their Christmas break on 12/23, and Scott and I started the long weekend on 12/24. We tried not to plan too many things for the week since it's a somewhat stressful time of year.

We're in the home stretch of Advent...G keeps asking when we will light the white candle. Not until Christmas Day, buddy!

They did have a very small class of Taekwondo on Thursday night, and G earned his 2nd yellow belt stripe. We're so proud of him!

Ava and G were exchanging insults via drawings earlier in the week, and Ava came up with this gem. The carrot on the left just sleighs me (hahaha). It's got such attitude!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas last weekend with Deb and Whitey. It was so nice to be able to relax for a bit, enjoy a good meal, and spend some family time together. For Christmas Eve, we'll be hanging out with my parents for the evening. I'm so excited for butterball soup - it's the one time of year that we have it!

Hopefully Santa realizes that we've worked hard at being good this year, and will fill up the stockings with fun goodies for all of us.

From our family to yours...Merry Christmas!

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