Christmas Tree

The girls helped me decorate the house for Christmas last Friday. Rylee especially loved decorating the tree. She still takes them off and puts them in a different place and says, "That's better!" So funny! She's better at decorating than me!

Rylee is so excited for Christmas and I love it- it's fun for me to have someone to share the excitement with. We have a lot of countdowns going on- Oma gave the girls chocolate advent calendars (Rylee already ate the chocolate for the 19th because she had already had her chocolate for the day and wanted another one and got it without permission) and there was a Christmas tree in the Friend that you decorate. I cut out the pictures and each day she gets to put one on the tree. Each picture has a scripture on it and then there's a question for the day. It has been good to have that to help Rylee learn about the birth of Jesus Christ and help us remember the real reason for Christmas. We have also watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas a few times- the one with Jim Carrey. We've seen the cartoon too but only once on TV- we don't have that one on DVD. We can't wait until Christmas!