I love the month of December so much! It never feels long enough and it is crammed with as many Christmas activities as possible. We didn't get as much snow during the month of December as we all would have liked (I LOVE a white Christmas) but did get one magical day at the beginning of the month with the perfect snowman building snow! This was Lyla's first snowman she's ever helped build and it seemed just right to give him a heart. <3 p="">
Liam's need for speed with this sled was a lot faster than the shamble she bargained for ... brothers!
We were Christmas shopping at the Village and Nic took our picture in front of this cute display at Anthropologie and Lyla (completely unprompted) made her first silly face picture so I joined in on the crazy. ;) haha
Besides stringing the pom garland, the kids decorated (and redecorated a few hundred times) our tree this year. It was definitely something special with its random purple strand of mardi gras beads, a few clumps here and there of tinsel, A LOT of balls close together, stuffed animals shoved in throughout, etc. but it made them happy and in turn, it made me happy too so I left it. I realized they sacrifice for me too, like the many matching outfits I had them wear throughout the Christmas season ...
Our elf, Banana, found himself in a new spot in our house each morning. I wish I would have taken a picture of him each day for the kids to remember (next year!) but he always had to be up high or some tiny hands who didn't understand would latch on to him and traumatize the older child. He had to come back one day with a toilet paper bandaged leg. haha
Liam's last day of preschool before Christmas break, he got to wear his Christmas pajamas and bring a stuffed animal to his party! She may not have had a party but Lyla had to, too! How cute are they in their matching jammies?!
Sorry this is so aggressively close but the one non-magical moment in December ... being convinced that Liam has a bad hay allergy. His preschool is on a farm and I almost always remember to have him wash his hands the moment he gets home from school, but this particular day there was a lot of sibling fighting and meltdowns happening as we walked in the door and everyone was starving for lunch that I forgot. A few short minutes after he was done eating his sandwich and grapes, his whole mouth broke out in this rash and took 3 days of allergy medications to go away!!
The night after my brother got in town for the holidays, we picked him up and met my mom downtown for dinner at Chicago Pizza. I had heard earlier in the week that a downtown bank gives free carriage rides on Friday and Saturday nights during the holiday season but I didn't know much more about it. We discovered you have to show up and wait in a long line before they open to get your name on a list to be able to ride and most nights they fill up in seconds. While we didn't end up getting to ride, we were able to pet the beautiful horse and watch another family ride away on it. We took the kids to Freak Alley instead! So many crazy talented local artists filled the sides of these buildings ... Liam was obsessed with this skull cave and pirate ship.
I loved the Martin Luther King quote and these fun faces ...
Lyla loved Jesus! <3 p="">
The best part of December, Nic took two weeks off of work! We took full advantage of the time he was home with us and did so many fun things as a family. Liam worked really hard on a goal to earn a movie at the theatre so we took them to see Frozen 2. IT WAS SO GOOD! My expectations were high after loving the first one and hearing good things about it but it really blew us all away. So many funny moments and incredible music. Can't wait to see it again! Liam has already asked me 10 times when it will be on Disney +.
It was the first movie Lyla actually sat through and didn't need to roam the halls for a few minutes. Elsa and that pile of popcorn in her lap did the trick!
We drove around and looked at Christmas lights one night in our jammies ... found a great little neighborhood close to us with some awesome ones! The kids did not care for my hot chocolate so I'll have to step up my game next year. haha Who knew a candy cane in it was a bad thing?!
This beautiful scene made December so magical! Nic and I replaced a ceiling fan with this gorgeous chandelier as one of our Christmas gifts to ourselves and I can't stop staring at it!
Christmas Sunday church service is my favorite all year. The music was so good ... so many talented duets. While this picture didn't turn out as I had hoped (hello possessed looking child haha), I still love it.
Liam's need for speed with this sled was a lot faster than the shamble she bargained for ... brothers!
We were Christmas shopping at the Village and Nic took our picture in front of this cute display at Anthropologie and Lyla (completely unprompted) made her first silly face picture so I joined in on the crazy. ;) haha
Besides stringing the pom garland, the kids decorated (and redecorated a few hundred times) our tree this year. It was definitely something special with its random purple strand of mardi gras beads, a few clumps here and there of tinsel, A LOT of balls close together, stuffed animals shoved in throughout, etc. but it made them happy and in turn, it made me happy too so I left it. I realized they sacrifice for me too, like the many matching outfits I had them wear throughout the Christmas season ...
Our elf, Banana, found himself in a new spot in our house each morning. I wish I would have taken a picture of him each day for the kids to remember (next year!) but he always had to be up high or some tiny hands who didn't understand would latch on to him and traumatize the older child. He had to come back one day with a toilet paper bandaged leg. haha
Liam's last day of preschool before Christmas break, he got to wear his Christmas pajamas and bring a stuffed animal to his party! She may not have had a party but Lyla had to, too! How cute are they in their matching jammies?!
Sorry this is so aggressively close but the one non-magical moment in December ... being convinced that Liam has a bad hay allergy. His preschool is on a farm and I almost always remember to have him wash his hands the moment he gets home from school, but this particular day there was a lot of sibling fighting and meltdowns happening as we walked in the door and everyone was starving for lunch that I forgot. A few short minutes after he was done eating his sandwich and grapes, his whole mouth broke out in this rash and took 3 days of allergy medications to go away!!
The night after my brother got in town for the holidays, we picked him up and met my mom downtown for dinner at Chicago Pizza. I had heard earlier in the week that a downtown bank gives free carriage rides on Friday and Saturday nights during the holiday season but I didn't know much more about it. We discovered you have to show up and wait in a long line before they open to get your name on a list to be able to ride and most nights they fill up in seconds. While we didn't end up getting to ride, we were able to pet the beautiful horse and watch another family ride away on it. We took the kids to Freak Alley instead! So many crazy talented local artists filled the sides of these buildings ... Liam was obsessed with this skull cave and pirate ship.
I loved the Martin Luther King quote and these fun faces ...
Lyla loved Jesus! <3 p="">
The best part of December, Nic took two weeks off of work! We took full advantage of the time he was home with us and did so many fun things as a family. Liam worked really hard on a goal to earn a movie at the theatre so we took them to see Frozen 2. IT WAS SO GOOD! My expectations were high after loving the first one and hearing good things about it but it really blew us all away. So many funny moments and incredible music. Can't wait to see it again! Liam has already asked me 10 times when it will be on Disney +.
It was the first movie Lyla actually sat through and didn't need to roam the halls for a few minutes. Elsa and that pile of popcorn in her lap did the trick!
We drove around and looked at Christmas lights one night in our jammies ... found a great little neighborhood close to us with some awesome ones! The kids did not care for my hot chocolate so I'll have to step up my game next year. haha Who knew a candy cane in it was a bad thing?!
This beautiful scene made December so magical! Nic and I replaced a ceiling fan with this gorgeous chandelier as one of our Christmas gifts to ourselves and I can't stop staring at it!
Christmas Sunday church service is my favorite all year. The music was so good ... so many talented duets. While this picture didn't turn out as I had hoped (hello possessed looking child haha), I still love it.
I miss magical December already!
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