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Kicking off the Christmas season

Upon returning from Cincinnati, our Elf, Chris, also returned from the North Pole to ensure that the kids stay on the "nice" list! He gets into a bit of mischief while we are sleeping...the kids get the biggest kick out of seeing where he'll be when they wake up. While getting the house all spruced up for the holiday season, we also tackled the leaved that were piling up outside. Luckily, we had a warm spell and had near 70 degrees yesterday. The perfect day to rake and bag leaves. The kids helped, but they mostly like jumping in the piles of leaves!
Jumping in the leaves

Having fun...

Chris, our elf, taking a cotton ball "bubble bath"...it was an exhausting day, I guess.

Here's Chris with the marshmallow snowmen he made to add to our Christmas village. Silly Elf!

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