A certain two-and-a-half year old was very excited to open the second door of our Advent calendar this morning when she woke up.
The little slip of paper read: Today we decorate our house for Christmas!
I may have been a bit ambitious to think we could do it all in one evening. Especially given that Nathan ended up having to work late and couldn't get home to join in the festivities. But we made a pretty good start to the decorating!
Nell helped put out the Christmas pillows.
Aunt Hannah and Uncle Andrew joined us, and added a dose of Christmas cheer to the happenings with their company!
{Andrew was far more jolly than his expression would indicate. I promise.}
"It's a keetmah ("Christmas")... keetmah... keetmah... PIZZA!" "With a TAH! ("star")"
Andrew pointed out that, as a matter of fact, it is exactly the shape of a slice of pizza.
I have a feeling that paper tree will henceforward be known as the 'Christmas pizza' in this household.
Our trip to Trader Joe's this morning had yielded - along with a wreath for the front door - a sprig of mistletoe. Once the basic principle had been explained, there was lots of kissing to be done.
Nell and Uncle Andrew. True love.
After staying up well past her usual bedtime, the final bit of decorating for the evening was carefully placing the porcelain angels up on the mantle one by one. With a particular appreciation for the angel playing a violin, of course.
Mistaking a tree for a slice of pizza? That's her Dad coming through in her, clearly.
Knowing the angel with the violin is the best one? Well, that's all Mama's influence.
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Before tucking her into bed, we looked through one of the nativity books we had gotten out together. And at one point, Nell looked up at me and said, "Jesus, Mommy, Jesus! Jesus keep me safe from moths."
In Nell's world right now, that is no small thing at all; perhaps it is the most important thing. But that is another story for another time.
P.S. No photos of Marie because she slept through the entire evening decorating event. Next year she promises to be more merry!
I'm really enjoying your new posts and pictures! And I love what you're doing with the Advent calendar. It makes me a bit wistful about when I was first starting to celebrate Advent with Emma, back when she was just a little one. She was a little older (I didn't even know what Advent was until she was almost 3 - or was it almost 4? Too tired to remember correctly right now) but I have fond memories of our little Jesse tree and some of the other things we did together. Things sure are different here, ten years later...
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