** I KNOW some people don’t want to hear about Christmas until after Remembrance Day, so if thats you, feel free to X out 😉 No hard feelings on my end!
We all have our own standards of when its acceptable to start talking about Christmas. I’ve obviously talked about it a handful of times already in terms of gifts and money and all that fun stuff, but I really start to think about it right around now, when all of our birthdays for the year are passed. Brady is the last one in the calendar year to celebrate a birthday, so now that its done, I can focus on Christmas!!
I recently picked up a new mug at Value Village. Its tall, pink and purple, from Starbucks, and its FESTIVE! I love it so much! I have a good handful of mugs that I like best, even a new one from the kids from my birthday, but this one has been a pretty significant go-to for me.
I bought a cozy, wintery onesie the other day for myself. Cher has officially rubbed off on me, and she LOVES a good onesie. I’m not a very tall person, but I have a long upper body, and that has left me somewhat hung up, so to speak, while trying on onesies. Once upon a time, I bought an extra large onesie and I still had cameltoe. It wasn’t cute. Turns out, the trick is to buy a mens onesie. They’re WAY longer in the body! The zipper will open from both the bottom and the top, for reasons a woman doesn’t quite require, so be ready for that. Also, be ready for the store to leave the security ink tag on so you can’t really wear it or bring it back for fear of being accused of theft. Sigh. What do people dooooo??
Today, I put Rowan in pj pants with Santa on them. Now, no burn on anyone for doing things how they do them, but we are not a Santa family. Dekker didn’t even know the story until he started school. We’re really open about Christmas shopping together around here, and we don’t humour them with gifts from “Santa.” So its not really a thing around here. But we randomly have this pair of jammie pants with Santa on them, and Ro wore them today. I called him over to me once, and it went like this.
Me: Cmon, Santa.
Ro: I am not Santa, silly!
Me: Are you sure? I see Santa in you. Well, on you.
Ro: No! Santa is fake. I am not fake. I’m WEAL! (real)
Solly: Wheel? Hot Wheels??
Ro: No, Sol. Santa.
Solly: No! Hot Wheels!
It kinda just continued like that for a while…
Just these few little things make me feel like Christmas is in the air! I’m not itching to put up the big tree yet, but I’m feeling pretty ready to put our little mismatched trees on top of our cabinets like always. Maybe soon. Probably soon 🙂