day of November, and it looked like a tribute to
Christmas Vacation. Every house was lit with twinkle
lights, inflatable Santas and electric reindeer drinking
out of the riverscapes so popular here in Arizona
landscaping. Our kids' eyes lit up as we drove through
our Magical Winter Wonderland to our home. As we
turned the corner to our house, Collin's face fell into
disappointment as he noticed our completely dark house,
with not so much as an outdoor light on.
"Aren't we celebrating Christmas this year?"he asked us.
Though we had just returned from being in California
for over a week for Thanksgiving and a family wedding
AND it was still (technically) November, I did not have
the heart to tell him I had no plans of putting our
Christmas decorations up until the next week-end.
I found myself Monday morning waving good-bye to
Garrett as he left for Washington D.C. and getting the
boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations out of the
attic and highest shelves of the garage.
The things we do for love....
