Christmas Traditions Start Early

The Hughes Fam has started with the Christmas spirit a bit early this year, and if I'm being totally honest, every year since moving to Texas. Hey, when you live in a retail space like we do, you tend to follow the retail calendar. So that means in a few weeks we'll be decorating for Easter ... I digress.

• Our family decorated the home for Christmas in early November. Mom, Dad, and the kids hung ornaments on the tree.
• We took a family trip to Target to check out more holiday decor for our house, and even had special holiday hot cocoa from Starbucks!
• We made a family holiday calendar to plan out special holiday events. Daddy and Daughter are going to the Nutcracker Ballet. Dad and Avery are going to a Rockets game. Chris and Em are having a special holiday date. We've even penciled in shopping dates!
• Friday nights = Christmas Movie nights. 
• Chris breaks out the guitar and we sing Christmas carols

Some upcoming events as the holiday draws near ...

• We will take the kids to Macy's to mail their letters to Santa.
• We will drive around to check out Christmas lights.
• We also want to teach our kids to think outside the family when it comes to celebrating the holidays, so this year we are planning a visit to a nurisng home.
• Christmas Day is s special and relaxing day for us. We spend it at home, playing with each other and new toys.
• Christmas night is movie night! We bundle up and take the kids to the theater to see a family friendly flick.

Our family loves the holidays, but what we love most is the time we spend with each other. And that is why we intentionally protect family time at the "Most Wonderful (and busy) Time of the Year!"