Chilly December

This December has been quite a chilly one! We've had some single digit lows overnight & the daytime has been barely above freezing for a week. There was a promise of some snow last night, but apparently the snowflakes were shy. I'm a little sad.. I was really hoping to enjoy some snow! But apparently, we're in for a warmer week full of rain. Alright, now I'm sounding like an old lady talking about nothing but the weather... so let me catch you up on our happenings:
We set up our tree the first weekend in December. David especially enjoyed turning the Christmas tree box into a sled. Unfortunately, all of my photos turned out fuzzy. Earlier this week, we decided to adorn our tree with candy canes. The trouble is, David has already enjoyed his first candy cane & knew they were yummy. So the next morning, he kept running from me with two or three candy canes grasped in his sticky little fingers. There are now candy canes only on the top third of the tree. Otherwise, he has mostly left the tree alone. He points & talks about it being pretty, but has minded the directions to not touch (most of the time). In his eyes, it must be so irresistible with the pretty colored balls, glittery ornaments & the lights. Several of our ornaments are actually bells, & he loves to jingle them. When I hear a bell ring, I am usually in the kitchen & come into the living room to discover him trying to put a bell back on the tree while saying, "uh oh." See, he knows better. David's usual response is "uh oh" when we find him doing something he's not supposed to.
We've been very busy these past few weeks. As Christmas is getting closer, however, our schedule is not as packed & I am grateful for that. We also took some time the first week in December to attend the Festival of Nativities. It's a beautiful event where hundreds of Nativity sets from around the world are on display. There's musical performances & also a few kids rooms, where kiddos can dress up & do crafts. It's a major production that our church puts on every year & I'm grateful for all the hard work that goes into it. It sets the mood for the season, I think. There was the Relief Society Christmas party, Also, the sewing machine was set up for about two weeks while I was working on several projects. (I'll share a post about my sewing projects soon.. I've got pictures & I'm very excited to share my adventures!).
I was recently invited by some gals at church to participate in a play group. We each have just one kid & we rotate hosting a play date once a week. It's mostly a mom date, and that's so awesome! It's wonderful to finally get to know some people at church & make friends. We even have a dinner get-together planned this week so that our husbands can get better acquainted too, which is wonderful for Jamin. :)
Our Christmas shopping is just about done. I had a girls night gift wrapping party on Friday night & that got me all done with wrapping them too! Now they're all tucked away, hidden from the curious toddler.
This week, I am looking forward to baking some cookies, catching a holiday special or two with the kiddo & finishing up a scrapbook project for Christmas.
I've been a photo slacker lately. I've taken a few photos with my iphone that I'll try to get updated here soon.