So far it has been a busy December. Here are just a few of the things we have done so far this holiday. Each year we let our kids pick out a new ornament, I decided to take a picture of them with their ornaments this year because there is still a dispute about a certain ornament that quite frankly I'm not sure who's it is. I think this feud will continue for years. Kelsey picked a Breaking Dawn ornament, Sadi picked the cutest little ballet shoes, and Chase well...he picked the most sparkly blue reindeer I have ever seen.
I had told the kids that this year they could decorate the big tree however they wanted but they wanted nothing to do with it, they wanted to decorate their own trees with their own ornaments. So..Chase's tree (with a few borrowed ornaments).
Sadi's perfectly pink tree...
And Kelsey's tree which Chase was sure she "cheated" somehow having more ornaments than him.
This year we started a new tradion, one that I wanted to start last year but thought I don't have 25 Christmas books. (Thank you Tina for reminding me about the library...duh! I'm only there every week for Story time). So here is the gist, you wrap a book for each day of December and the kids get to unwrap a book each night to read.
My kids absolutely love this!! And the funny thing is they like the library books better, Chase was mad when he opened one tonight we actually owned. He wanted to know why I tricked him.
Another tradition we slacked a bit on the past few years is the parade of lights down in Gardnerville. This year I discovered there was going to be one in Virginia City so I bundled the kids up and we headed up the mountain. A really COLD night, but really worth it.
Tonight we wrote our letters to Santa. An excerpt from each Child's letter:
We are hoping Jingle delivers them tonight for us when he flies to the north pole (stay tuned for elf news to come later this week he has been a busy little elf).
Lastly, everyone loves driving around looking at Christmas lights right? We do have ours up and the kids get excited every night when they come on. So in the spirit of Christmas we took the kids out tonight around the neighborhoods to look at lights. And as all Dennings do, there must be a winner and a loser. There were many winners, but I have to say on the street where there were so many amazing lights this one was ultimately the most laughed at thus named the loser. The picture just doesn't do it justice it looked like a sad droopy face.
If you haven't been out to look at lights near your house, I highly recommend it, we all had a good time, and a good laugh. And p.s. if this is a neighbor of someone you know, I'm sorry.
My kids absolutely love this!! And the funny thing is they like the library books better, Chase was mad when he opened one tonight we actually owned. He wanted to know why I tricked him.Another tradition we slacked a bit on the past few years is the parade of lights down in Gardnerville. This year I discovered there was going to be one in Virginia City so I bundled the kids up and we headed up the mountain. A really COLD night, but really worth it. 
Tonight we wrote our letters to Santa. An excerpt from each Child's letter:
Kelsey: "I think I have been good all year for the most part, nobody's perfect. p.s thanks for sending Jingle, he controls the little ones."
Chase: "I have ben very good. I want a watch for Christmas. Santa I hope you are pruperd for Christmas becase its going to be very chilly."
Sadi: "I am very bad."
Honestly that last one was not prompted at all Sadi told me exactly what to write to Santa...hey at least she's honest!
We are hoping Jingle delivers them tonight for us when he flies to the north pole (stay tuned for elf news to come later this week he has been a busy little elf).
Lastly, everyone loves driving around looking at Christmas lights right? We do have ours up and the kids get excited every night when they come on. So in the spirit of Christmas we took the kids out tonight around the neighborhoods to look at lights. And as all Dennings do, there must be a winner and a loser. There were many winners, but I have to say on the street where there were so many amazing lights this one was ultimately the most laughed at thus named the loser. The picture just doesn't do it justice it looked like a sad droopy face.
If you haven't been out to look at lights near your house, I highly recommend it, we all had a good time, and a good laugh. And p.s. if this is a neighbor of someone you know, I'm sorry.
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Isn't it fun to have traditions. We started the Christmas book idea last year and the girls loved it. We got all our books out this year to read, but I didn't get around to wrapping them up and I think Emmrey was a little disappointed:(
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