So, this week we tried to get a picture of all 5 kids in front of the tree. Seemed like a good idea, right? It wasn’t until I saw the photos later that I’d realized they’ve grown so much that all you see is part of a tree sticking up behind their heads. Now, I can see if there were horns or something on their heads, but a tree, not so good.
Rest assured, the full tree is there as well as other Christmas type decorations. Also the mantle, which you might see in upcoming pics. And we do have 5 small lit trees out front that proclaims our willingness to adhere to light decoration norms, yet not quite enough that I’d call it a Christmas “display”.
The 4 1/2 year old put the ornaments on the tree, and I’ve been meaning to rearrange them when she’s asleep, but time always gets the better of me. SO, we have clumps of silver balls all over the tree like segration is alive and well in our home, but rest assured it’s my laziness to not redo an already done tree.
We also did ginger bread houses. Seemed like the festive and correct thing to do this time of year.
Worked out well until I saw my daughters gingerbread woman. Wow, the boobs are predominant! Wishful thinking on her part, or taking the “woman” example of her momma. I’m not sure. Funny though.
It’s so nice to see how the kids relate to the holidays. We focus on family time and down play the whole santa thing. In fact, we’ve never told our children santa is real. We go with the flow and explain that Christmas is for the giving sprit. St. Nick was a good example and we go from there. It works for us.
Christmas boobs, however, are out of my control. No matter how much you decorate the gingerbread woman.
Hey look, here is a photo of 2 of our children that actually get along! The dynamics in this family is weird. Which children get along with the others is completely subjective.
These two get along more than the others:
Happy siblings
