It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Christmas always sneaks up on me and I'm overwhelmed by all I need to get done, but I've knocked out my shopping, mailed out my Christmas cards, watched my kids perform in church and school productions, and taken them to see Santa. So I feel like I can now relax and ease into the approaching holidays :) Otto the Elf made his appearance at the McCabin right after Thanksgiving and he's been keeping an eye on things around here!

The kids performed with their church choir and Aidan and Avery even had a duet during one of the songs! Aidan was VERY nervous about it and I wasn't sure he'd go through with it but he did and I was SO proud of both of them!

The elementary Christmas program is always a big production and this year was no exception. Both of my kids had to be lambs but Aidan had a lamb costume left over from his 1st grade pageant so Avery wore that, plus Grammy helped me with Aidan's tail and ears (thanks Grammy!).

And we of course took the kids to see Santa at Northpark Mall, a yearly tradition for us! Daddy met us there for dinner and we had planned to drive around and look at Christmas lights but the weather was yucky and the kids were tired (plus Avery had just recovered from the flu the day before) so we decided to wait until next week when school is out :)