just some Christmas-y thoughts

+ We're packing in all the Christmas traditions this year. We invited a few of Rhett's friends over for a gingerbread house play date last week and it was so much fun--definitely a new tradition! The boys made houses (which turned to monsters because they are 4) and then serenaded me with Jingle Bells in their dress ups.

The cutest boys and the best gingerbread houses. It also earned me the title of the "cool mom" that I'm enjoying before it inevitably goes away. 

+ We finally started watching Stranger Things because we jump on bandwagons a year after everyone else. It's just how we roll. But holy goodness, this show. We are overthinking everything and looking for connections and foreshadowing. The hype is real, people!

+ Tessa started sitting up and she's basically a teenager. She finally has gotten the hang of eating real food (it was super messy there for a while when nothing went in and she just licked at it like a cat) and she started calling Andre Dada. Stop, time, stop!

+ "Ornament Elves" visit Rhett each night while he's sleeping and put a little ornament on the mini tree in his room. I don't want to forget the excitement every morning when he wakes up and has to show me the new ornament..."close your eyes, no peaking until I say so"

+ New Years is almost here, which means it's goal setting time! I'm making my 30 before 30 list and am super excited about some of the things on there. It's going to be a great year!

+ We found a house in the neighborhood next to ours that has the most amazing Christmas light show. It's seriously 60 minutes long and there is fire involved. I've already been twice, but I just want to go all the time because it is mesmerizing and seriously the coolest thing ever. It's also inspired us to pick up our Christmas light game (though still not anywhere close to that level).

I hope to be as happy in life as Tessa is when eating graham crackers. That face!