This is the 3rd Sunday of Advent.  We wait joyfully for the birthday of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  Today in church the 2-5 yr olds acted out the nativity.  I was thrilled to hear that J.R. was picked to be Joseph.  He was so serious-looking the whole time.

As for preparations, I am one present shy of being finished shopping for my kids.  We are going to put up our tree today.  Normally it’s already up, but things have just been so hectic lately.  This year we decided to get a live tree.  I’m excited about that. 

I have lots of decluttering to get done.  While dh has the week of Christmas off, he is going to clear out his office so we can move the boys around.  The older 2 will move to the office room, the younger 2 will move to the room the older ones are moving out of.  This means…………   dh and I get a room to ourselves again!  Well..in theory anyway.  I have a feeling some little boy is going to protest a bit.  A certain godmother asked if we were “making room for someone.” Sorry Nina, not just yet.  But, it will mean room for everyone since the toys will be moved to their room instead of the living room and our bedroom.

I hope to get some baking and crafts done in the next few days.  I’ll be making a trip to the craft store soon to gather more materials–that’s always fun.