Decorating the Tree

The boys had a fun time decorating the tree this year.  I was too pregnant to do much helping, so I let them pick the colors and put on the ornaments.  They wanted to have red, silver, and blue.  They also helped me decorate the house and put out all my nativity scenes.  Christmas is such a magical time of year!

Our tree was a little over 12 feet high, so Bryce had to put the ornaments on the top portion of the tree.  He also had to climb on top of the table to place the star on top of the tree.  It was the perfect tree for our home. 

Alfie the Elf was very involved with Christmas fun this year.  The boys wrote a letter to Santa this year and Alfie brought one back to the boys.  Alfie also built a fun little Lego man carrying Santa's sleigh on the back of his motorcycle.  Alfie brought the boys Home Alone and some board games.  Most of the time he hung out in the lights, tree, or on the shelves!

We really wanted to focus some of our excitement on serving others.  We wrapped up some small presents and let the boys play "Secret Santa".  They had so much fun quietly delivering them to the door step of a little boy, ringing the bell and running to hide.  We also made a little package of movie gifts for another family and secretly dropped it at their door.  This was a great activity and the boys really got involved and wanted to do more!