Decorating Great Nan's
Right after Ali's last dance performance (which happened to be where my Nan lives), we headed up to her apartment to decorate. Of course by the time she got up to her place she had forgotten about the dancing (which made me sad) but she was still in great spirits surrounded by the kids. They were anxious to get started so they all helped my dad get her decorations out of storage. When they got back, Joe immediately got started doing her little village (he always sets up the village) and Ali did the Nativity scene. After that though, Al and Zach were off playing and it was all about Joey! Joey put the tree together and put the ornaments on the tree. Sean did help him and managed to hang a few bulbs. The entire time they were doing this, Ali and Zach were playing "Elf on the Shelf." All three of the Bigs actually made up the game last year when we were decorating her place and I'm surprised they remembered. The way it works is they ...