It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!!!

Cutest little elf around!

Well, maybe except for this one!

Roaming the lot to find the perfect tree.  Danni wanted one without 'tree spiders.'

This is the lucky tree!

The man sawed off a piece of our tree trunk... they have each family write their name on it and then nail it to the stand.  :)

Danni wrote one too!

Ready to add to the collection!

Recycling our old Halloween candy into a homemade advent calendar!

Let the countdown begin!

I got creative with my calendar!

Decorating the tree!  I assisted with lights!

Mommy likes playing with her flash settings...

Danni added some icicle tinsel!

Gettin' sparkly!

December is our favorite month!  There are so many fun preparations to make for Christmas -- and we love all of them!!!  Danni and I chose the perfect tree (and we narrowly escaped a rain storm!  Glad that we got it into the house early!!)  ... we loved spending a rainy afternoon decorating the tree, listening to Christmas music and sipping hot chocolate!!  We also LOVE to count down the days until Christmas, so we made our own advent calendars.  Mommy 'found' our Halloween candy and we chose 25 pieces - one for each day!!  The Christmas countdown will definitely be sweet!!!  We also started working on our wishlists. I asked for a new brother or sister, a water park in the backyard, and a million dollars.  Danni asked for 'all of the girl toys at Target.'  I hope Santa's elves are working overtime!!