Saturday in December

Yesterday we got up and got dressed and headed out to the library for cookies with Santa. It was a good event. Alyssa got to tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas, got to eat some cookies and listen to some stories. Colin went with us but wasn't so sure about the whole thing so he watched from the sidelines.

   After stories with Santa we went out into the mall and tried to get Colin's picture with Santa. He refused to sit with Santa so I sat in the chair and we had Santa stand behind us. I think the picture turned out cute.
  We then went and picked out the Christmas tree. Alyssa ran around saying "what about this one". It was cute. After two stops we finally found our tree and brought it home.
   Alyssa and Colin sat and watched Chris and I put the lights on the tree, then Colin got bored and crawled off while Alyssa helped us put the ornaments on the tree. I figured after about two ornaments she would be bored and leave, however, I was wrong she spent the whole time helping and asking if that ornament was hers. It was a nice distraction from the fact that over half the ornaments where from my Grandma Shores who passed away earlier this year. All of the ornaments she put on the tree went on two branches low on the tree. By the time she was done there were about 15 ornaments all on one branch. We let it stay that way until she went to bed and then moved them up.
   Once we had all the ornaments on the tree Alyssa went and got her chair pulled it up to the tree, sat down and said WOW. It was so fun to watch her admire the tree.