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This is an excerpt of the girls christmas show at school. Jadyn was so cute...
Sorry for my unsteady hand...

O Christmas Tree

Last Sunday, we met up with Bill's family to go to a tree farm. They grow christmas trees and you can go in to their forest and cut down your very own tree. So we told the girls to pick their tree. I didn't want to persuade them to get my kind of tree, we wanted them to get their tree.
This was Bill's family swarming the forest. As you get in deeper the trees get fuller and taller. This is the tree that Emma chose. Jadyn wasn't very interested.
Emma fell in love with this tree. She hugged it and everytime we asked her if she wanted a little bit bigger tree, she'd say NO. So we brought the saw out and chopped down the tree. It didn't take so long b/c the tree stump was so little.
When we brought the tree in, Hubs and I couldn't help but laugh hysterically. The tree is so tiny. It was so funny. But it was perfect for the girls to put the ornaments on the tree by themselves. They had a lot of fun with that. Jadyn just loved piling the ornaments on the same branch. She's so funny. Jonah just rolled around in his walker around us. I thought he'd want to touch the tree or touch the ornaments but he didn't find the tree very interesting.
It was fun. They can't wait until Santa comes...

I was trying to take a picture of my 3 little kids. Jadyn was not cooperating. I tried to bribe her with candy. Pose for a picture and she can have candy. She wanted the candy before she posed for the picture. That girl can be so stubborn. It's a power struggle. I tried to stand my ground but then she makes a pout and cries, "I'm so happy!, I'm so happy, I'm so happy!" I just have to give in. One spoiled child... one spoiled teenager... I can hear my mom telling me as I grew up.. "wait till you have a daughter just like you..." It echoes in my mind. I pray that none of my kids act the way I did growing up. I pray...