The past week has been spent slowly putting up the Christmas tree and our decorations around the house. The boys couldn't wait to pull our their Christmas train set from Santa last year! Xavier snuck into the box before we even opened it and pulled out the train.
Trey helped Xavier get the bridge out and started playing with great excitement!
The kids couldn't wait to get the tree up this year either! When we put up the first layer Xavier was so excited he ran right up to it and pointed to and touched every branch.
Then Chas made the mistake of showing them how to turn on the tree... They both crawled under the tree and giggled together as they turned the tree off and on again and again. They are too cute together!
After a few days we finally got around to putting some ornaments on the tree. Last year I must have had a moment of brilliance as I was putting away ornaments... As we got out our ornament boxes I noticed we had placed all the fragile and breakable ornaments into one box and all the kid-friendly ornaments into our second box. Trey and Xavier could jump right into putting ornaments on the tree without any worry of breaking anything!
After all the ornaments were on the tree Xavier stood right next to it and pointed at every one he could say and told us what they were over and over again. It is one of the moments that makes my heart swell with love and pride and I will never forget that moment with our little man.
He also loves to make the musical ornaments play music. He stands right next to the tree and pushes the little button...
And then once it starts playing he claps along with the music. I love walking into the room and seeing him next to the tree just enjoying the magic of all the new ornaments he sees.
After the tree was decorated Trey helped me put up our manger. He had very specific ideas of where he wanted to put Mary, Joseph, and all the wise men. He did a great job helping this year!
This last picture sums up the amazement I see in Xavier's eyes during this time of the year. Everything new we pull out of the basement or we see when we are out and about amazes this little man. He is in awe of everything he sees. I am pausing a lot this year to take everything in just a little more - especially this expression on his face. This amazement only lasts a few years and I love every moment of it!
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