Santa Baby
This year marks the first time Bella did not fear Santa Claus. We dolled her up and took her to the mall because she wanted to tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas. From across the center of the mall, she spotted him, yelled "Santa!" and waved and smiled. Phew! a relief that she wasn't going to be scared. She walked right up to him, sat on his knee, told Santa that she wanted Rapunzel presents, smiled for the photos and then told santa "goodbye, see you later".
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Treasuring this forever. Such an innocent age - melts my heart.
Christmas Tree Traditions
Every year the Banes gang heads north to a tree farm and we choose and cut down our own trees. The past few years we have tried out different farms and this year Kim came across the Kinsey Family Tree Farm in Gainsville GA. Right from the start I loved the feel of the farm, very organized, friendly staff and of course beautiful trees. The only problem we came across was that all the smaller (6-7ft) trees were already taken! What was left were very tall trees that would not fit in our homes..or our budgets. We were a bit disappointed that we couldn't officially cut down our own, but the farm had some very nice precut fraiser firs on display to purchase.
My family tree trimming tradition (Raciti) was that my mom would unwrapped the ornaments while handing them to me and my brother and sister to put on the tree the way we saw fit. I love the fact that this tradition is now starting in our family. This was the first year that bella participated with the decorating of the Christmas tree. She was so cute the way she reacted -in awe- of all the pretty ornaments I unwrapped for her to place (with daddy's help) on the tree branches.
Christmas is 17 days away and there is so much to do! More fun traditional experiences coming soon...part II
