A Snowy Return

Kai and I returned from our trip on Friday morning and then on Saturday morning we woke up to a great snow storm. It really helped put us quickly back in the mind frame of Winter and getting ready for the Holidays. We spent Saturday putting up our decorations, listening to Christmas music, and getting in to the holiday spirit. Kai and Lance also did a bunch of shoveling. Note Kai's tool for shoveling. He loves it all- especially the snow and the Christmas tree. Here are some pictures:











Like most people it looks like it is going to be a busy month for us. We took some time on Sunday to put things on our calendar for the month and it was quickly inked up with special activites on top of all of the normal things. We are going to be talking about this very topic in this month's neighborhood Mother's Education Class that I go to. In other words how to find organization and time to reflect on the true meaning of the celebrations in the midst of all the busyness. Anyone have any good tips? We will also repeat an activity that we did at this time last year. Everyone brings 1 favorite inexspensive household item wrapped up as a present. Then we do a gift exchange with those items and explain why we love those things so much. It was a great and fun way to get some new ideas/ tips last year. People brought everything from a favorite recipe to a favorite cleaning product etc.