Christmas Fun, Day One!

This morning we woke up to find that Bell, our Elf on the Shelf, had moved to a new location. I had noticed last year that he was eyeing Barbie when Client One got her for Christmas, and it seems that this year they have become good friends. Bell hung up a little piece of mistletoe on one of our bookshelves and was caught kissing Barbie there this morning. Client One, who is just really learning about kissing under the mistletoe, thought this was just about the best thing ever! (Of course, ten minutes later she was crying because she wanted to play with that Barbie, but she was happy for those first ten minutes.)

We also pulled our little piece of paper out of our penguin this morning. Our Christmas activity for the day was:

We decided to wait until Hubby got off so we could all go together. Last year was a out first year with a real tree. We let Client One pick it out. I'm pretty sure she got the smallest tree she could but she fell in love with it. When we got home, the trunk of the tree was so small, it didn't really fit well into our tree stand. Once inside the stand, the tree was so short, it barely showed through our window. It was cute and all, but this year we wanted a more substantial tree. We still let Client One and Client Two have some input and together we picked out a great tree! We went to two different places to make sure we could find the perfect tree (at the perfect price). It's definitely taller than last year's! I can't wait to put presents under it!

Tonight, Client One also got to unwrap her first Christmas book at bedtime. The book she chose to unwrap ended up being Angelina's Christmas. This book is cute and simple and proves that great things can come in small packages. The first time Client One ever said, "Santa" was the first time she saw the Santa in this book.

And that wraps up day one of our Christmas fun! Don't forget to follow our adventures on Instagram with the hashtags #MyLifeasaSAHMomChristmasFun and start up some of your own Christmas traditions.