Getting Ready for Christmas

After getting our tall and beautiful christmas tree up, I decorated it pretty quick. Well...our tree fell over 3 TIMES!! Once on me, once on Dawson, and once on it's own. So we re-decorated 3 times. LOL! We are pretty sure our stand isn't the best one ever because we had this issue last year and our tree was probably at least a foot shorter. We have gone 4 days with the tree not fall over and being completely decorated! YAY! It's a record!

Dawson is loving Christmas as much as us. He has watched the Polar Express over a million times because he can't get enough of trains and SANTA! He is getting the concept of Santa this year.
Anytime we see Santa-Dawson will tell him to bring him a train! AND a gun like daddy's!
I've explained how Santa brings toys to us and wraps them in the presents. He gets so excited.

I've explained how Santa will bring us candy in our stockings. So everyday Dawson runs to the living room to check his stocking and see if Santa has come yet. It's so cute! He will point to the stockings and say-Santa? Candy? Chocolate? He is the cutest little bug! We also explained how we will get to see Santa when we go see Uncle Parker. So anytime we get in the car Dawson will ask "Santa? Parker? Train?" I love it! He will get so excited over the lights all over town. Last but not least, Dawson helps me water the tree. He will put the aspirin in, then I pour the water and sprite in. Dawson loves this every night. I think he would do it 50 times a day if I let him.
Here is our Christmas tree! For the record, we have been done with Christmas shopping for about 1 1/2 weeks! All wrapped and ready to be opened!

My mom gave all of her kids and their families an early Christmas gift- a super cute Nativity Scene. I love this one because Dawson can actually play with it. He will point to each piece and say their name, except Mary and Joseph are Mommy and Daddy. We explained that they are baby jesus' mommy and daddy. It's so sweet! And my crafty Christmas tree on the right I made last year with Sam! Isn't it the cutest?

This is our table setting. I just did the seasonal blocks in October! I love them!

AND the count down!!! Another Super Saturday craft!

We love Christmas and it's even more fun when you get to start your own traditions within your own family. Last year I copied my mom's christmas story book. Each day we read a story. AND the best part is, each story comes with a christmas song, a picture to color, and scripture to go along with it. We all love reading it every night. Dawson especially loves to color the pictures. J.D. even gets in on the coloring. We also get pj's on christmas eve. I have a couple other traditions I want to do, but I think they will take place when we have our christmas at our own house. Right now with just the 3 of us we still switch holiday time with our families. We love it and it gives me more thoughts about more traditions I will be able to do. MERRY CHRISTMAS!