Christmas Tree Farm

We had a great time getting our Christmas tree. We have continued the tradition that I had growing up. That is, going to a Christmas tree farm to pick out our tree, riding the hayrack ride, and drinking hot cider. The kids had a blast! Olivia did not want to get off the hayride. The kids loved looking at the trees and trying to pick the perfect one. The weather was gorgeous too! It doesn't quite feel like Christmas when it's 70 degrees, but I am not complaining :)

Family picture - Too bad Olivia's not smiling, it's so hard to get a good shot of everybody!

Here's the tree the kids picked out!

Landon helped daddy cut the tree down

Watch out Olivia! She said she liked the trees with the pink on them, 

unfortunately those are the ones that are sold...

Daddy and James - I love this picture!

Olivia wanted a picture with the "rabbit" ;)

James' 1st Bear

We have a tradition, that each of our kids get a bear from Samuel on their first Christmas. Since this will be James' first Christmas, I took the kids to Build-A-Bear to pick one out for him. They chose this white bear, which I'm sure won't stay white, but that's beside the point. It was better than the red, white, and blue star one that Landon was considering :)

Giving the heart a kiss...

Putting the heart in. They actually let us put three in, one from Samuel, Landon, and Olivia

Stuffing the bear, they loved this part! Olivia was just in awe of everything at this store.

Giving the bear, which the kids named "Snowball" a bath

They picked out a Thunder outfit for Snowball, which I had a hard time buying, but since I had a good coupon and a gift card and the fact that this is probably James' only Christmas gift and it's from Samuel, I went ahead and bought it :)

 I think James will be excited about his special bear. Olivia takes her first Christmas bear which she calls, "bear bear" everywhere and Landon snuggles with his at night. It's hard to find ways to include Samuel during these special times, but I'm thankful for this little way that the kids have something from their big brother.