Oliver is at the perfect age for enjoying Christmastime. He knows about Santa and presents and is beyond excited for Christmas Eve and parties. Yes, I know...all the important things. It is so much fun to be around a 3 year old, though, at this time of year...the excitement and suspense is palpable.
We kicked off our holiday season with a little family excursion to get a real, live Christmas tree...the first one either of us have ever owned. Oliver was pretty bleh about the whole real Christmas tree situation...he kept reminding us that we already owned a Christmas tree and it was in the basement...ha! Nevertheless, we drove out to a Christmas tree farm, crashed the van into a very large rock, almost got divorced and left without an evergreen strapped to the top of our {now damaged} van. Christmas tree farm-1, Kaczorowski's-0. Luckily, we both cooled off, stopped by a Christmas tree lot in the parking lot of a church along a busy road, picked out the perfect tree with the help of some very nice people, strapped it to the top of the {still damaged} van and were on our way. Finally, our first real Christmas tree...the day was not exactly what I had pictured, but we had a real tree nonetheless.
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| The first real Kaczorowski Christmas tree! |
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| I love sitting by the tree at night...so cozy! |
The weekend after the Christmas tree debacle, we bundled the kiddos up and headed downtown to see the big tree and mail Oliver's first letter to Santa. There's a cute, little mailbox to Santa set up on the Circle, and Oliver was so excited to take his letter! Afterwards, we headed over to the Chocolate Cafe (of course!) for a treat. It was such a good time!
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| These two monkeys were ready to go! |
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| Oliver was very proud of his first letter to Santa! |
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| They really do love each other! |
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| Circle of Lights |
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| Mailing his letter with Daddy |
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| A giant chocolate-covered pretzel...yum! |
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| My girl and me |
Happy Holidays from our family to yours!
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