In Search of Christmas Traditions....

So this year Kylie is a little older and understands the gist of Christmas....the commercial part anyhow. She can say Santa and Ho Ho Ho. When Eric brought the tree inside on Friday she was really excited about the Kissmiss Tee. She told me where to place the ornaments and while the tree isn't pretty this year, it is exactly as Kylie wanted it....as it should be.



We are trying to come up with our own unique family traditions this year. We are going to leave cookies for Santa, presents in the stockings, the normal stuff....but we thought it would be fun to take the kids out to see Kissmiss lights too. I googled a couple of places online...Stone Mountain was expensive, Tanglewood Farms too far away, and then I found it, the perfect place and only 45 minutes from home! It is an operational farm that has reindeer, camels, a live nativity (for the real meaning of Christmas) and 80 acres of lights. I'm not going to name it because it isn't fair to poke fun at a place online. People can make up their own minds without my input....



So, it looked something similar to this



Kylie was relatively indifferent to the whole experience. There was a Winnie the Pooh at the entrance and that was about all that caught her eye. Logan slept the entire time. I told Eric that I now understand why parents are bummed when they take their kids out and the kids are just like whatever mom. It wasn't Kylie's fault, I mean it was a little country and slapped together, but one ooh would have been enough :) So for this Christmas, the tally is as follows: Santa (check, hated it), Christmas cookies (check, hated it), Christmas light display (check, hated it). I'll update as needed.