Christmas Light Night

The other night as Tim was driving home late I realized we only had one week until Christmas...because school this year doesn't get out until this week we lost one of our favorite weeks of the year...the 1st week of Christmas break/week before Christmas. The week where we get to dance all day in our jammies, jam out to Christmas music ALL.DAY.LONG, make those crafts that have been rippped out of magazines, bake, bake and bake some more, watch all those Christmas movies, go look at Christmas lights in our jammies, and everything else in between. So I realized we didn't have that extra time that I am used to so I called Tim on his way home from work and said it's Christmas lights night. There was a cute idea on pinterest with tickets that the kids turn in to look at lights in the jammies, hot chocolate and in our family no event in complete without some popcorn.

Sure we had the complaining before, the fighting among brothers and sisters, someone got hurt and there was a time or two as I looked at the clock thinking it's a school night and it's getting later waiting for Tim that I almost changed my mind. So glad I didn't because these are the things I hope my kids remember. Not the production/idea of it but the family time, the laughs and let us not forget the priceless conversation that was heard from the backseat....

We are that family that says out loud what we are thinking in our head...so we all take turns, not intentionally saying things like Oh look at those trees, oh look at those colored lights, oh there's Santa...basically an audio version of Christmas light night. Tim pipes up and says look at all those reefs. To which my now 10 year old says, "what are reefs dad?" but knowing exactly what he meant, but K is not one to let a moment like this pass her by to give her dad a hard time, one which he has taught her well.

But, before anyone could answer, Brooklyn whispers loudly, "It's OK Kennedy, daddy just has a Texas accent that's why he says reefs."

 all ready to go with tickets, hot chocolate and popcorn

our favorite house to check out!