Thanksgiving this year was extra special because Nana (Courtney's grandma) is in town for several weeks leading up to Christmas. We spent the afternoon at Mim and Poppa's enjoying a delicious meal and fun playtime with the cousins. While Thanksgiving may be one of our favorite holidays, it's not necessarily important to Jacob since it centers around food. He enjoyed playing on the piano, having tea and basically just enjoying family!
The tradition in our little family of three is to spend the day after Thanksgiving not in stores, but at home decorating for Christmas. This year was particularly fun because Jacob is older and loooves the Christmas decorations! He was so helpful decorating the tree in the upstairs playroom and loves having is very own little tree in his room (I'll have to post pictures of that later).
Cousin Brady has been coming over a few times a week to play and Jacob has had such a grand time with him! We usually do some sort of craft, spend time playing with trains and all things "boy", and even get to eat lunch together. It's definitely a highlight of Jacob's week and is so much fun, in fact, that he gets worn out and takes a fantastic nap in the afternoon!
On Thursday, December 2nd we met up with the Pascuzzi family at church for a Miss PattyCake concert. The concert was performed to benefit Three Trees, an event our church puts on each year to bless local families. Each year, families are bussed to our church where they receive gift cards to Walmart or Target, Payless and then toys for their children. It's incredible to see the toys stack up in the worship center throughout the weeks and know that we are a part of such an amazing body of believers!Instead of purchasing tickets to see Miss PattyCake, each family that attending was asked to bring a toy to donate. What a wonderful way to kick off the holiday season!
Jacob has such a great time sitting with his friends, PJ and Katelyn. After the concert, he wanted to meet Miss PattyCake but promptly changed his mind when it was his turn! Ahhhh...life with an indecisive three year old (almost!).
Kisses!
The one and only picture we got of Jacob and Miss PattyCake!
