December Events

I have to confess that our December has been atypical with a new baby in the house.  I quickly put up the decorations myself.  Usually the boys and I spend a lot of time on this and they get to help, but since they are in school all day and the decoration boxes sit in the hall until things get put up, I just took care of it. 

The boys and I decorated the tree, but I didn't make a big deal of it like I usually do.  Looking back on things, there is a lot that I wish I could change, but it is hard to juggle everything with a new baby in the routine.  I made myself promise that next year I would be much more on top of things. 

We managed to get some sugar cookies decorated this year (this was the only Christmas baking I did this year. . .Yes, I'm a terrible mother) the week before Christmas.  The boys had a great time decorating.

Brooklyn and I also went to the boys' Christmas party at school.  We got to watch them play games and decorate Grinch cookies. (Oh, and the boys made me promise to make Brooklyn wear a bow in her hair when I brought her to school so the kids would know that she was a girl.  With her pink clothes, pink stroller, pink blankets, pink everything it looks like someone threw up pepto-bismol on the girl.  I'm not sure how anyone could think she was anything other than a baby girl).