Getting ready for Christmas

I've been so behind with my blog lately & I've got tons of pictures to share, so this is going to be a long blog today. Here we go....

Putting up the Christmas tree
The boys assembled the tree for me the day before Thanksgiving. It was great!
All I had to do was fluff a few branches, but then the hard part came of putting on the lights & decorating. I decided to do a themed tree this year... white, silver & blue... I think it's pretty.

We took our pre-K class on a field trip this week to a Christmas tree farm here in Shelby. It was a really neat trip...kinda makes me want to buy a real tree again.


We went to Chick-fil-A last night for school spirit night & it was Pictures with Santa Cow


Making a gingerbread house
I've always wanted to do this with the kids but I don't particularly like to do projects that make a mess, so I've waited a few years on this one. The kids had fun decorating the house & mostly liked eating the icing & candy... especially Kensley.




Chandler got creative with his last lick of icing... I think this is pretty funny!




And the final project...

Haneline Disco Elves

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

I love Christmas! It's my favorite holiday & I love atmosphere of the season. Some people cringe at hearing Christmas music before Thanksgiving, but I LOVE it... sometimes I've even been know to start listening to it in August (yes, I just said..typed... that). Now that it's official, I'm even more excited. I went Christmas shopping this weekend and had so much fun with my Mom, aunt & cousin. I love the smells of walking into a store scented with cinnamon & peppermint & I love seeing all the decorations everywhere. One of my favorite things is driving through uptown Shelby & seeing the court square trees glowing with white lights and waiting in line at the Santa House & freezing my bum off. I love the excitement of seeing my kids yell when they see Christmas tree lights as we drive down the road & I love to hear Kensley scream "Tigger" at the Tigger snowman inflatable on our road. I love to drive to see Christmas lights (although, I haven't found anything spectacular in the past few years) and I love the joy that seems to linger throughout most everywhere you go. I love the anticipation of snow (although it hasn't snowed in forever here & I can only really remember 2 Christmases growing up that it actually did snow). Regardless, it's fun to wish and I love snowmen!

So here's to a wonderful season & blue is my color this year... (the new blog look & my Christmas cards). May we stay focused on the true meaning of this season... Jesus Christ our Lord & Savior. May we all feel the joy & excitement of HIM... because He is the only reason all of this happens anyway. I heard this in a movie this weekend... it was said "God came from heaven to earth... in the form of a tiny baby boy... to save YOU!"