'Tis the Season

'Tis the season to play in the snow,






wear "handsome clothes",




and enjoy presents & bows.



'Tis the season for preschool Christmas programs,



drinking hot cocoa,


and being merry.




'Tis the season to make reindeer food with cousins (to be sprinkled in the yard on Christmas Eve!),






help Mommy make Christmas cookies,






decorate them any way you want to (even if that means way, way too many sprinkles),










and eat them!






What's that? You like eating pure sugar?


'Tis the season to wait in (a 2-1/2 hour) line to see Santa,










make sure he knows what you want for Christmas,



or meet him for the very first time.




'Tis the season of love, giving, and family. To remember the reason we celebrate, as a Christmas angel

watches his big brothers stand up in front of the church as a shepherd,

and wise man.


'Tis the season to do some more of that decorating (I decorated a Christmas tree cookie, but ate it before it could be photographed),




and lots more of that eating (every time we looked at Alex, he was taking bites of his cookies).






'Tis the season of giving to others, including sharing cookies with daddies




and sons (Jeff's cookie gets 2 thumbs up).





'Tis the season for Christmas trees with presents underneath,


and saying, "Until next year!" to Smiley the Elf in his final hiding spot before he returns home with Santa on Christmas Eve.


And of course, 'tis the season to be jolly!