It's the time of year again that I start thinking and preparing for Christmas. I know many people would think "Wow, that's early", but I'm a planner at heart and it's also my favorite time of year, so in my opinion, it's never too early to prepare. I'm one of those crazy people who put out Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving. I know, I know...that is so early, but like I said, it's the most wonderful time of year, so why not enjoy it?!!!?
Justin and I have an annual ritual in October where we start our Christmas shopping for the kids. Both of our birthday's are in October and we always spend one Saturday (usually the weekend in between our birthdays) shopping and then we go somewhere nice for dinner. We have done this since Malone was born and we usually get her Christmas finished on that trip. It is one of my favorite days of the entire year. I love getting to spend quality time with Justin, while doing something fun and special for Malone (and now Jagger too!). This year our month of October is crazy-busy so we are going to do our annual birthday date early while I'm on Fall Break the first week of October. I'm so excited!
I have already started asking Malone what she wants Santa Claus to bring her for Christmas. So far she has said a car (oh my...I'll be in real trouble when she is 16), a Hello Kitty bicycle, and Barbies. She loves her Barbies (which I think is so precious, because that was my favorite toy as a child too) so I think she would also love to have a Barbie Dream House. I think I'll show her a picture of one and see what she says.
Jagger is easy at this stage because I get to decide everything he gets. :) I have several things in mind for him, but I'm gonna keep my options open so I can have fun browsing and shopping next week.
It's the most wonderful time of the year..... What fun rituals do you have for fall, and leading up to Christmas???
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