I mentioned to Abe this morning that Greta's babyhood flew by so quickly. She is a toddler walking all around and eating real food with her mouth full of teeth and molars. She growls at everyone and likes to point out Jesus in all the paintings in the hallway at church. She's not much of a talker yet, but we cannot get enough of her!
She is so snuggly. She loves to wear jackets and coats and have scarves or blankets around the back of her neck.
We put up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. We had a real family divide about where to put up our Christmas tree. It's always been up in the living room, but some family members (including me) thought it was too crowded up there and we ought to set it up in the family room. It was pretty much boys versus girls. We all agreed to a best two out of three rock, paper, scissors to decide. That way, nobody had to give in. Abe and I were the representatives and I won two in a row. I tried to be gracious, but as you can see from this picture, the tree went in the family room.
However, no one should feel sad at Christmas, so I said I'd keep an eye on Facebook yard sale groups-- and sure enough, someone was giving a tree away for free! We picked it up and now we have a tree in the family room and living room. Aren't we fancy!
All eight kids decorating the Christmas tree. This is a happy picture to me.
George is our own little Buddy the Elf. He is so excited about all things Christmas! I say he's on Christmas crack. He's a whirlwind of Christmas excitement-- cutting snowflakes, making homemade presents for people, keeping a lookout for our Elf on the Shelf, making Christmas bracelets. He is his father's son!
At a family dinner this evening the Cannon cousins formed a PVC pipe orchestra. They had remarkably good rhythm and they made the most of the pitch range available with a PVC pipe. But they were adorable and enthusiastic and cousins playing together is the best.
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