December happenings

Excited to get our tree!

Decorating our gingerbread house

At the Toyland Parade

Her first candy cane!

Our December sensory box

Our theme this month was the Gingerbread Man, so we read lots of different versions, did crafts and made some fun things to eat!

Playing with gingerbread playdough

Grammy came for a fun visit-unfortunately Addison would not smile for a picture!

Decorating our yummy Gingerbread Man

Mommy and Addison in our matching Gingerbread shirts!

The poor sick girl

Helping mommy wrap presents

At a cute puppet show-Benito Bunny's Christmas

A very independent girl lately-wanting to get dressed by herself!

Riding the train around Bonita Mall

Her new tunnel from Aunt Diane and Uncle Dave!

Helping to make cookies for Santa

Wow! A new tutu from Aunt Kathy!

Dancing with her new Ariel doll from Aunt Kathy and her Belle dress from Aunt Beth-thank you!

We have all been sick for the past couple of weeks, so between that, a week of rain and being stuck inside, and getting ready for Christmas, I haven't had much time for blogging. Despite all the sickness and craziness, it's been a fun time to see Addison enjoy Christmas. She loves looking at the Christmas lights and when they are not on, she usually runs and gets a leaf and says "I will wave my magic wand to turn the Christmas lights on!" She has also enjoyed finding the "Elf on the shelf" every morning. Something that has really stuck with me was when I brought out the advent wreath to light the candles every night leading to Christmas. I explained that we would light them until it was Christmas to celebrate baby Jesus being born. Now, every night I light them, she sings "Happy Birthday dear Jesus." I hope that we can always keep Jesus at the center of our Christmas since that is the most important part!

Merry Christmas from the Munstermans!