Christmas Traditions: How We Welcomed Our Christmas Guest

Oh. My. Goodness!

Christmas is just a few days away, and we are having too much fun with our Christmas guest. We wanted her to feel like part of the family, so I have been putting her to work!

First, I had her make a gingerbread house with my boys while I went to the hair salon:

{Did you notice her Aussie touch? She brought chocolate koala's to add the perfect roofing for the house!}

I came home with a new hair color, and she did the dirty work of putting together a gingerbread house with three boys. THREE...Enough said on that~

Then, I made her take my dog for a walk in the snow:
Just because she came from sunny, hundred degree weather was NOT a free pass!

{Actually she offered, and who was I to say 'no' to someone walking my dog in the freezing, cold, wet snow?}

Third, she supervised hockey in the driveway:

Then, I forced her to take a walk with us to get milk at the nearest store :
{...and I still insisted she hold Lucy's leash again~}


She EVEN kept the boys~ supervised their dinner, watched the Muppet Christmas movie, and put all three to bed so Tin Man and I could go out on a date. (!!!) {-And just so you know: We went to see The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock-It was FANTASTIC. Go see that movie as soon as you can-it was one we both loved.}

Oh, and you don't think I would really make someone do all these things for me, do you?
I really would never!
Our Aussie guest has so willingly offered -and at some moments, begged- to do every activity listed. She even insisted on the walk in the snow to the store-and bought the boys each a stuffed reindeer that they all adore. Happy Boy got 'Rudolph' and has been singing:
"Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer. Had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, you would even think it 'BLOWS'."
We keep telling him it is 'glows', but he is not convinced.

{...Who is spoiled!!! ~We ALL are totally spoiled with our Kylie here!~ How can I bear it when she leaves?!}