Christmas Preparations

This year I was more motivated to start the Christmas decorations right after Thanksgiving due to the snowfall.  Oh how I love snow!  I started decorating right away, but working full time, it took me a few weeks to get it all finalized.  I used to putz around during Hudson's naps and get so much accomplished but now its all left to the weekends.

Hudson was excited to see his nativity set again.  He loves playing with it and we talk about baby Jesus and how he was born in a manger.  The top of the stable plays music and he LOVES music!

Then I put our present presents and Hudson being all boy, hammered him with his flower legos.  Funny kid.  Yes, he makes towers out of everything, even flowers:).

As he was playing with his nativity upstairs, he started to sing a song I've never heard him sing:).  

This year we put a fiberoptic tree in Huddy's room.  He loved it.  It was on during naps and at night.  He would wake up most mornings and plug it in for a little room time.  Then he would ask for music so I'd turn on his Christmas cd.  He loves his room time!  Right now his favorite song is Frosty the Snowman as well as his favorite movie!  Rudolf has an abdominal snowman and now we've begun the talk about monsters.  I think he was really scared:(.

This year a friend of ours gave us this neat Lego Advent calendar.  Hudson would ask to "Open Doors."  He sure had fun putting together parts with Daddy:).

One of our season books is the Drummer Boy where it actually plays music.  Hudson carried this around all levels listening to its music.  Now he sings along:).

One of my favorite things to do with Hudson is organize.  

Did I mention that Hudson LOVES to play piano?  He really does!  Its so fun to hear him play almost every day.  Lessons might be in the works soon:).

Then I almost bought a fake tree due to time but we've never had a fake tree before so no way!  So we considered buying a real tree but when Jared saw the price, it was a tree from the Hopper/Arnhold farm! I have to say I'm glad we held out because this is the best tree we have EVER had!  

This isn't no Charlie Brown tree!  Hudson was my little helper decorating with me:).

The picture above is one of my favorites!

My mom watches Hudson every Thursday and teaches him new things:).  She thought she taught him how to spell his name but I guess Miss Lexie had been working on it quite hard at school.  She even make a song for his name.  I love her!

How adorable is a Santa hat with Reindeer ears?  Too cute!  

Then it was time for our last seasonal tradition, Santa pictures at the Harley Store.  The two local Harley Dealers combined, Lone Wolf in Coeur d' Alene and the Spokane Valley Dealer, are now off of Barker. So we had to check out the new place.  Hudson loves Santa.  We don't celebrate Santa but we just talk about him like a character in a book.  He enjoyed his picture this year a bit more than last year:).  But most of all he liked running around all the bikes.

"Cheese!"

I can't wait for what next year holds!  Hudson makes each holiday more special.