Three of our local Prairie Chicken flock digging for some dinner.
Gwen likes to dig for dinner too. Hmm...marshmallows, oatmeal or Golden Grahams?
Cara dictated a letter to Jolly Old St Nicholas on behalf of herself and Gwen. Then she decorated the letter and drew a picture on the back. She is getting so excited!
Gwen is such a dainty eater!
We set our tree up over a couple of days. Cara liked the look of the tree with just lights.
The next day she was actually a big help getting the ornaments on. It went much quicker with another pair of hands to help! Gwen watched us decorate while having a snack in her highchair.
Once she was set free she quickly taught us how high up all the ornaments had to be. The lower 1/3 of the tree is free of all but stuffed ornaments and the tree is tied to the wall!
We are counting down the days until Christmas with our Advent calendar, our Advent wreath which we light every night and a countdown candle that we burn away a number every day. There is zero chance that Christmas will slip by us!
The biggest news of this week is that Gwen started walking - really walking! She's been practicing and stepping and pushing her walker around and on Wednesday she just started walking across the room and around the corner and back! She is so proud of herself and just can't stop walking!
What great fun! The tree is up and the lights are on and the Letter is written (and decorated) and Gwen is walking around enthusiastically making sure you all know that before you know you will be putting out cookies and a glass of milk for Santa! -- Grampy
ReplyDeleteI LUB IT! (that's a quote from Connor).
ReplyDeleteWalking and ringing her bell. Have the girls watched The Polar Express? Connor lubs that too - especially the bell at the end. Gwen has a Santa Bell in the video.
Lovely tree. Must take a photo of mine....
XO Aunt Sarah and the McIntyre men