It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Don't worry, we don't make everyone take their shirts off for dinner. Daniel had on a nice white shirt and I didn't want him getting pasta sauce on it. He cries if I make him wear a bib, so the tear-free option was to pull his shirt off and let him dig in to dinner. We decorated for Christmas this weekend. I really wanted to wait until at least the first weekend in December, but our schedule is absolutely crazy for the entire month. Megan and Daniel put out the Nativity set. They play with the figurines for hours. I can remember when Joshua was 3 he came up with names for each of the wise men, one of them was Twinkle.

Joshua helped to put the ornaments on the tree. He did a great job and put all the ornaments that he thought his little brother would like to see down on the bottom branches.

Taking a break from decorating, we made snacks tonight. Joshua and I made pretzels. He had a great time rolling out the dough like snakes and then shaping them into pretzels.

We sprinkled half with cinnamon and sugar and sprinkled the other half with sea salt. They were a deliciously warm before-bed snack.