Saturday, December 21, 2013

Charlie Brown Came to Town


I long debated whether or not our family would adopt an elf and start the tradition of the Elf on the Shelf, but eventually I decided we couldn't pass up such a fun Christmas tradition!

The second week of December, there was a knock at the door, Hudson answered and there he was, our elf, sitting outside on the doormat. Hudson was quick to ask if the elf could come inside and we let him in.  We read the story of the elf and Hudson decided his name should be Charlie Brown.  Hudson and Charlie Brown hit it off immediately and became instant pals.

We've been having so much fun with Charlie Brown and will be sad to see him go back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve, but look forward to seeing him next year.


Making a rope from some yarn he found, Charlie Brown climbed all the way up into Hudson's stocking.

Charlie Brown found his way into the candy bowl.

He read a story to all of Hudson's toys.

He took the Tonka truck for a spin.

Colored with crayons and put stickers everywhere!

He got into Hudson's shark bank.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Snow Day Play











Oh, Christmas Tree


I decided to put the tree up a little (well, a lot) earlier this year.  Hudson had been begging for days, so I finally caved and up went the tree! He had so much fun helping me hang ornaments and fluff branches. There was definite confusion as to why we celebrated Thanksgiving the following week and not Christmas, but we assured him Christmas would come soon enough  .
He was so proud of the finished product.