Christmas Preparations

~Friday (November 29)~

On Friday, we spent the day decorating for Christmas! The day we pull out our Christmas decorations, movies, and music is always a highlight in our family. J

Pulling out some of our things.

Hauling out the decorations inevitably requires a trip to the store to replace something that doesn’t work anymore. We tried to wait until later in the afternoon to do that, and avoid most of the Black Friday shopping frenzy.

While we decorated, we listened to plenty of Christmas music, drank lots of egg nog, and ate ginger snaps. J

That evening, we had our regular Friday pizza and movie night. Since my grandparents were visiting, we splurged and ordered the pizza from Pizza Hut. We enjoyed watching “Miracle on 34^th Street” with them. (Does anyone else think that movie is the perfect transition between Thanksgiving and Christmas?!?!)

~Saturday (November 30)~

Saturday morning, everyone enjoyed sleeping in and relaxing. We ate breakfast in shifts as people got up. Then we continued working on the  decorations we hadn’t completed the day before. The boys did the outside lights in between watching the Ohio State versus University of Michigan football game. J They were quite happy when OSU won!

I ran out to the store in the morning, and then returned home to work on a Bible study I’ve been doing. But partway through my study, a friend surprised me by coming over! Since the weather was so nice out, we went on a bike ride with the twins.

That evening, we had some delicious soup prepared by my Abuela with some of the Thanksgiving leftovers. It was so nice to have an evening to relax and enjoy our family!

To be continued . . .