Every December 13th we start our 12 days of Christmas.  First the kids get to open their new ornament for the tree.  This year I got little snow globes that were the same as last year.  Jackson broke his last year and I wanted to replace it.  Matthew had a personalized globe from last year so I got him a candy cane that said Matthew.  They hung them on our overstuffed tree, I need a new giant one. They all get really excited to start our 12 days of Christmas with a new book to open every night.  Ali and Jackson were arguing over who was going to be the first one to get to open a book so naturally I gave it to Matthew.  He didn’t want to rip the paper off until I showed him it was okay.  Funny how you forget the little ones aren’t quite sure what to do.   They really love this tradition and I love to see the excitement they get over it.  It is a great way to add books to our collection.

In other news…Jackson will have his tonsils and adenoids taken out Thursday morning.  I am nervous since this will be the first surgery any of our kids has had.  BUT, we are excited to see the results.  Jackson gets a cold every once and a while but never a fever and he has never had strep throat in his entire life.  His tonsils are huge which cause to snore loudly.  He chokes on food regularly and speaks in a very nasally.  They are a 3++ the Dr. told us.  On a scale of 1 to 4, 4 being touching.  He has told me that is hurts when he yawns.  That is when I took him to the Dr.  So we will start this adventure a week before Christmas.  We planned it now so he could recover the week before Christmas and Brad would be home to help me with the kids.  This also meant I have needed to do everything for Christmas this last week.  I have been busy but it is all done.  I have never seen Jackson be quiet and sit still unless he is watching TV or asleep.  It will be interesting to see how he does.  He also eats every 2 hours so I am stocking up on smoothie recipes to help him recover.   Oh boy here we go!!