Holiday Post

I'm super jazzed about Christmas, I know....Thanksgiving and all. But with the move and everything being just SO busy in october, we literally did not do anything for halloween besides take our kids trick or treating. I haven't even been a good blogger.  I have some super cute pictures of the boys trick or treating.

After moving to the new house (yeah that happened FRIDAY!! So excited! I'll have some posts coming up about decorating and art) I am so excited to get out my Christmas boxes...first I have to dig them out. No this excitement does NOT mean I'll be putting stuff up before Thanksgiving. But I am lusting over holiday stuff at Target. It also means I am thinking about presents. Chris' job is back up in the air. It always is, but we don't know whats happening in the new year, so we are trying to be a little less lavish with the boys.  We've spent a LOT of money on just Carson the last 3 years, on top of the normal year round "oh you need this" giving.

So that leads me to searching out ways to be creative AND make sure the boys have a fun christmas morning. How do you do it? I'm thinking we might try the Want, Need, Wear, Read. Approach to gifts this year. Plus a a few toys for each of them.

I mean obviously Oliver won't care, and Carson is such a happy go lucky kid he'll just be happy with a couple new toys as long as some of them are new blocks.

I've got awesome crafts for the boys to do for Grandma's and Papa.

So what are some fun holiday traditions? I already have the boys Christmas Jammies, which I think this year our shelf elf will deliver December 1st. It always feels like such a waste to give Christmas jammies the night before Christmas, they are "outdated" in 2 days.  I am very excited to bring out Greg our elf on the shelf.