It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

It was cold and rainy all weekend, so we decided it was the perfect time to stay inside and put up the Christmas decorations.  Saturday morning Shawn had to go into work, so Em and I put up all the inside decorations (with the exception of the tree).  Em was interested in helping at first, but after a while got bored and just wanted to watch her "princess movie."  I think her favorite part though was seeing the village of houses.  That was always one of my favorite decorations growing up too!

When Shawn got home Saturday afternoon, I ran to Target to get ingredients to make cookie dough.  Emily was a big help at making gingerbread cookie dough and shortbread cookie dough.

Sunday, we had another busy day of decorating and baking.  Emily helped me make the shortbread cookies in the morning.  She did the sprinkles all by herself!

When she woke up from her nap, we decorated the Christmas tree.  Well, actually Shawn and Em decorated while I made gingerbread cookies.  It was a busy, but fun weekend of decorating and baking!  It's supposed to be cold all week, but maybe we'll be able to get the outside lights up next weekend!

She loved playing with the storage bag for the tree

Enjoying the fire

Relaxing after a busy day