❤ Hulbert Family Traditions ❤

It is great to see the magic of Christmas come alive in the girls. All of the fun traditions that come along during this time of year are what makes it so special. I hope the girls look back on all of these things and know how much we love them, and how these traditions will continue on, and be things we look forward to always.

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Bo the Elf on the Shelf- She reports to Santa every night on how the girls are doing. The highlight of the morning is finding Bo, somewhere new in the house. Allison is almost always up before Paige, so she finds Bo, and then "helps" Paige find her when she wakes up. Bo is very magical and the girls are convinced that she will lose her magic if they touch her, so she is always safe and has never been touched. We love Bo very much and love having her around during this time of year! In the background you see our Gingerbread house. Grandma Ganne & Paka always give the girls a gingerbread house and they enjoy decorating it and displaying it. Some years we do a few!

Chocolate Advent Calendar- This has always been a favorite for Allie, and now Paige totally gets it, and is all into the "chocolate game". Uncle Jerry and Aunt Fay give the girls their calendar each year at Thanksgiving and the girls look forward to it being the "First day of Christmas". Allie means the first day of December, so she can start the countdown and getting a little chocolate surprise every day!  They also have a magnetic "Count down to Christmas" calendar that is fun too!

Christmas Friends- My Grandma Rosie loved Christmas and would spend days decorating her house and tree for Christmas.  She had tons of decorations and ornaments and loved all of them. When she passed away we got some of her stuffed friends and the girls love having them around.

Christmas Lights- Geoff does a great job hanging the lights each year. Every year the lights have evolved but this year the girls had us put up a few extra lights to make things look more festive at the Hulbert Casa! Geoff even had us go to Michael's on Thanksgiving night to score a deal on the snowflake lights! He had a vision and they look awesome. Someday we might look like the Griswalds!

 Stocking & Christmas books- Grandma Ganne's cousin Maxine made both of the stockings for the girls. They are absolutely beautiful and the picture does not do them justice! We love looking at the stocking hanging on the mantle and will treasure them forever. The girls also love to read and it is awesome to see how excited they get out the Christmas books each year!

❤ We look forward to all that this month has in store...there will be lots of posts ❤

Oh Christmas Tree

This year we went back to our "usual" Christmas tree lot here in town. We looked for the perfect tree, but with the crazy storm we had a few weeks ago all of the trees looked a little "wonky". We tried to find one, but we couldn't decide on one, so we headed to another lot here in town. Turns out, the owner of the lot is from Corvallis, Oregon and he was awesome. He said we could pre-order a tree next year and he will "hand pick" it for us! It is a beautiful tree and the girls loved helping decorate it. We took every ornament out, one by one and there were lotts of "ooh, awes and pretty". We have an awesome collection of ornaments and lots have a story. This always makes me think of Grandma Rosie and we miss her lots all of the time, but especially around this time of year. 

Some of the favorite ornaments at the moment...

Woodland Creche Exhibit

Every year during this time, the local Mormon Church puts together a community Creche Exhibit. Allison looks forward to it all year and the girls had a great time. Paige didn't know what to expect but love seeing "Baby Jesus." Geoff took them the first night while I was at a baby shower, and it was fun because Allie saw her old pre-school teacher and a classmate.

They loved it so much, we had to go back the next night. Grandma and Paka joined us and we had fun looking at all of the nativity sets and had fun dressing up!  

Letter to Santa

Allie worked very hard on her letter to Santa. She did this all on her own, but asked me how to spell wife.....it is so fun to see how her little mind works and her punctutation...so fun!

Dear Santa, 

How is your wife? I have been good this year. So Santa have you been good? 

When will you come here? 

Love, Allison and Paige