Decorating the Tree

We decorated the house for Christmas today - Hung got the lights put up outside while Avery and I worked on the tree. We played my favorite Christmas Albums from growing up (Amy Grant, Oak Ridge Boys and Mariah Carey) and danced. She really got into it this year and the bottom half of the tree is FILLED with ornaments - usually in clusters. I told her that was how I always wanted my tree to look and she told me "I guess dreams really do come true, Mama." It was super sweet! She loved talking about the ornaments and asking which ones she could put on. 

She kept saying how excited she was for Christmas and can't wait for Santa to come. G brought her an advent calendar with chocolate for each day to count down to x-mas morning and also got her an open-up bulb. I had these on my trees at both my mom's and dad's houses growing up and the elves would come at night up until x-mas morning and leave treats. It was always such a fun part of the mornings in December checking the bulb and I am excited to start that tradition with Avery. We explained the concept today and at bedtime she was asking if the elves were here yet - I told her they only come when you are sleeping :)

Avery also had fun playing with the one nativity that we have - Check out the video below to see how we play with Jesus at our house. At one point she yelled "NO, don't eat me" as a cow puppet in a Santa hat swallowed baby Jesus.

Hung tried to help Avery put the Angel on top as she was begging to do it, but could not quite get it right so Hung had to put on the finishing touch.

Excited that the Christmas Season has officially begun!