Tag: Christmas

Blogmas #3: How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree (w / Everleigh’s Family + Finn & Zack)

Everleigh
Photo from last year’s Xmas tree!

We’ve finally decorated our Christmas tree! And now, this #Blogmas post is going to be my family’s guide to decorating the perfect tree. (Thanks to Zack and Finn for all their help!)

  1. Find a Xmas tree! The best way to do this, is to go out into the great outdoors, and chop one down! (Thank you to Dad, Finn, Zack, Colter and Miguel for doing this!)
  2. Set it up! We always place ours in the family / living room. (Big thanks to Mom, Grandma, Grandpa, Raine and Alaïa for doing this with me!!)
  3. Find those decorations! (Thank you to Domi, Veri, Connor and Raine for digging them out of the back closet!)
  4. Put the bows, balls, lights and tinsel on the tree!
  5. Add extra decorations!
  6. Finally, place the star (or angel) on top of the tree. As family tradition in the house, the youngest member their gets to do it. Technically, Veronica is the youngest, so we suppose she should do it, but since Dominique is only 2 minutes older, we let them both do it! (Thank you to Finn and Zack for lifting them up so they could reach the tippy-top of the tree)
  7. The tree is complete! Be sure to enjoy it with a nice cup of hot cocoa with your family!

Till’ next post, Everleigh

(P.S. The younger kids wanted to type their names onto this post because they worked so hard at the tree, so I decided to let them. 😉 )

CCCCCCCCCCCCCoooonneeerr (Connor)

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOoooooommmmmmmmiiiinniiiiiqqqqqqqqquuuueee (Dominique)

VVVVVeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrooonnnnnnnnnnnnniiiiiccccCCCaaaaa (Veronica)

Blogmas #1: Christmas Decorating

Everleigh

#Blogmas post #1! December has officially rolled around, and as tradition my family will be decorating the house. With so many kids in the family, it can be a challenge to keep everything organized, but we are definitely trying to do so this year!

We have “Christmas Groups” every year in our family. In other words, we organize who is in charge of what this time of year. Alaïa, Finn (Alaïa’s boyfriend), Connor and Veronica will be in charge of the upstairs decorating. This includes everything that needs to be decorated upstairs except for the Christmas Tree. (The Christmas Tree is family tradition to do together, and we set it up 2 weeks before Christmas). Dad, Colter, Raine, Granny and Dominque will be in charge of the downstairs decorating which will include the chimney and pulling out those old lights. Lastly, is the outside decorating. This year, Gramps, Mom, Zack (my boyfriend) and I will tackle it! We will make a few snowmen, set up the lights and outside Xmas tree, as well as the cardboard Rudolph and Frosty and Santa.

We will try to tackle it all in a day, and I am betting we will have a lot of hot chocolate to keep us going! Christmas is personally my favourite time of the year, as it means that DHS (Dental Hygiene School) finishes for a little while, and I have tons of time to hang with my family.

But now I hear Miguel telling me to get back to work. I will do so, and hopefully will not get another warning from my dear Guelly!

Next post, I will be sure to include some photos of our newly decorated house!

Till’ next post, Everleigh