Sorry - turn that frown upside down

Sorry for all the depressing posts. What can I say, I'm an overly emotional person.

The Middleton kids are very excited for Christmas. We've got the tree up, the lights up, even bought the fake light deer. Jack is quite the decorator and has planned for weeks what the lights outside should look like this year. I even let him climb on the ladder and hang some from the eave hooks. Little things make him happy.

Even Katie is getting excited about what she sees. She wants to stand on the kitchen counter and look out the window to the front yard where the "deer" are - "Cows!" she hollers. "Lights!" she screams. She still doesn't quite get that ornaments are supposed to hang from the tree - she keeps bringing them to us to put away, like we accidentally dropped them on that tree that just appeared in the corner. I can't wait to see her Christmas morning.

Now I've just got to finish the Christmas letter!