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Cousins came to spend a few days with us while Jacob did his customary decorating of my house for Christmas. And as always it looks 100 times better than what I could have done. However, after he had worked his magic and I stood back one day to survey his work, I had remembrances of helping my mom put up decorations and the magic of the season that surrounded that little event. I felt a tinge of guilt for having taken away some of that from my children. They love to help decorate and it brings that spirit of Christmas into the home as they do it.
I usually hang these advent stocking across our fireplace and fill them with a thought and a little green card that has something fun for us to do to celebrate Christmas.
This year I was purposefully being lazy as I waited for some new stockings to arrive in the mail. They arrived a few days after the start of the month and I hung them on our rail instead of across our fireplace. I love them!
When Erik asked about the stuff I put inside them, I decided to put him in charge and let him help. I didn't stress about needing to get it done and he got to feel a little of the Christmas magic.
Next year I've decided to make decorating more of an event instead of let's-get-it-done kind of thing.
er, I mean Thanksgiving.
Give it a few years and we'll be celebrating Black Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
We were at Costco last night and as crazy as that store can be, leaving me wondering if I should switch back to Sams, one reason I'm happy to be a patron is they give their employees holidays off to be with family. We discovered that on Memorial Day during our Phoenix trip when we were looking for a cheap place to feed the kids and discovered Costco was closed. How refreshing! So thankful for stores that value employees and family.
I'm also thankful for a brother-in-law who decorates my house for the holidays and LOVES it. Because I really don't enjoy it that much and don't have an eye for decor.
I'm thankful that since moving into this neighborhood three years ago, a bunch of boys have moved in also who are Erik's age and they've all become friends.
I think Nate is thankful to finally inherit Erik's shirt. He's been eying it up for awhile. I thought it was quite fitting that he wear it today.
