Getting Ready for Christmas...

We have been busy getting our home, our errands and mostly importantly our hearts ready for Christmas.  I have started playing Christmas carols with Alicia, and Trey has been leading us in worship and a devotion every  morning.  Alicia loves the music.  She's not really interested in me playing the piano, but she definitely wants to play it...  Do you think she will be a pianist like Mama???

She loves to listen to Trey play the guitar.  As soon as he opens the case she starts saying "tar! tar! tar!".  (in our house star, car and guitar all sound the same - but a mother's intuition can tell the difference!!)

She liked playing with the lights as we decorated the tree.  I found it interesting that she liked taking a light and shining it on her sweatshirt - I guess it made the flowers on her sweatshirt shine.  Anyway, it kept her very busy for a while...  

We walk around the neighborhood most evenings so that she can see the houses decorated.  She says "Oooooh!  Oooooh!".  She is facinated with stars and angels.  She can spot a star anywhere (for instance she hollers "tar! tar! tar!" everytime we pass a Hardees' in the car).  She also points to the angel on top of our tree and another one that I let her play with and says "ah jew".  I love it!

Here is a pic of us before the Schuler Party. 

And here is a picture of cousin Leila helping Alicia walk around at the party.  Leila is so sweet and motherly towards Alicia!