Getting in the Christmas Spirit at Grandma House

I had told Josh that I was really depressed about not putting up any holiday decorations in our home this year. We were all leaving the house the first weekend of December and not returning until the day after Christmas. So, it makes perfect sense to not put anything up, but it was still making me sad to see lights and trees and decorations everywhere…except my own house.

Putting the giraffe in the tree

I also knew that my mom would make up for what my house was lacking. And she sure does deliver. The tree was up and ready to be decorated when we got here. She even divided her ornaments into breakable (for the top half of the tree) and Dylan-proof (for the bottom half). Dylan even made sure his small stuffed giraffes were a part of the tree decorations.

Helping Mommy decorate the tree

Dylan was excited to help decorate the tree. Now, every time he walks by the tree, he shows me every single ornament on the bottom half of the tree. I imagine that he’s saying, “I helped with this one…and this one…and this one…”

On the first weekend we were here, we went to Wallace’s to see the Christmas displays. He liked the Polar Bear area. He wanted to touch every single one.

Question, why is the tall bear peaking through the trees, the only one that's smiling? What does he know that the rest don't?

He was getting a little crabby while we were there because it was a little too close to his naptime. But we managed to sneak in a few cute photos before the meltdown.

We saw the Polar Bears, a huge Toy Soldier, Santa’s sleigh and reindeer, and even Santa’s big chair!










A few nights later, we were spending time at my parents’ house when Dylan discovered the bin of Grandma Gisele slippers. After taking every single pair out, he discovered a pile of loose jingle bells in the bottom!

Grandma & Dylan playing music shakers

So my mom threw together a fun music shaker for him. She dropped a few jingle bells inside old prescription bottles and put snowflake stickers on them. He was entertained for at least an hour!

The ultimate sugar rush experience happened last week when my mom suggested we decorate cookies. And, of course, Dylan should help! She showed him how to spread the icing on the cookies and then put sprinkles on top

They even shared a bite after the cookie was looking so tasty.

Then Dylan got to try doing it all on his own!

“Enough of this decorating business. Let’s get eatin’!”

Even though he ended up being a total frosting disaster, we all had so much fun!