The Spirit of the Season

Today the boys took their money to school in an envelope to spend at "Santa's Shop." I knew that everything would be a dollar, so they each got 6 dollars to spend - enough to get something for everyone in the family, including Libby. When the bus pulled up this afternoon, they each got off with a big bag full of presents. The first thing that Ian says to me as he's walking toward the house is, "I didn't have enough money to buy you anything...because I bought myself something!" Alec had the same thing to tell me, too. I didn't mind, but later I found them at the foot of the Christmas tree doing this...

Wasn't it thoughtful that they even wrote themselves a card to go with their presents? The funny thing is, they weren't even together when they bought their presents...great minds think alike!

And here is Miss Hannah, all prettied up for the 7th and 8th Grade Holiday Dance.
And one last thing to get you into the holiday mood...as we were driving through the neighborhood on Tuesday night, looking at all of the pretty lights, Ian said, "Mom, let's count all of the golden colored lights that we see!" I replied that I hadn't seen any golden ones...and then I figured out that he meant the white lights. Isn't it funny how we all see things a little differently? So next time you see a boring house with only white lights, think of little Ian and his golden colored ones.