Lily had her Thanksgiving feast at school on Tuesday. They were allowed to come dressed as a Pilgrim or an Indian. Thankfully, Liz used her teaching experience to make an Indian outfit for Lily which made her super excited. Of course, Mia wanted in on the action too.
On Thanksgiving day, we went to Sid and Elaine's house to celebrate with a lot of my dad's family. We are all glad that Meme was feeling well enough to come!
Lily adores her Granna!
Mia loves her too!
Mom and Dad with their five grandchildren.
On Friday, we kept with our tradition of putting up Christmas decorations. The girls decorated their tree with ornaments they have made or picked as souvenirs.
We put up our nativity scenes. The girls' had fun putting their Little People one up in the living room. Ryan and I put ours up in the dining room. Mine is the one on the left; Meme brought it back from her visit to the Holy Land in the early 90's. Ryan's was a gift from his grandmother, Grandmama; we both adored Grandmama (Mia is named after her), so bringing this out each year makes us smile as we think about her.
The girls like putting up holiday stickers.
We let the girls help us decorate our family tree this year. I have to say it was nerve-wracking for us! A lot of our ornaments are breakable and irreplaceable, and the girls were so excited, they weren't exactly careful with them. Luckily, all the ornaments made it through. I love putting up the ornaments because we have a great time reminiscing over the trips taken and the memories that came from it. Such a fun time.
Bring on the Christmas season!
1 comment:
Looks great! Yay for no broken ornaments!
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