My girls were driving me nuts about getting our Christmas tree up the minute the Thanksgiving turkey was put in the fridge. I love decorating for Christmas, I just don't like hauling everything down from the attic and putting away half my house to make room for all our holiday
bling. I finally gave in, but told the girls they would have to put the tree together without me (I do it EVERY year). They did a great job, and were so excited they moved on to the lights. They strung them
haphazardly around the tree and then plugged them in - and half of them did not work. So I got to
unstring and
detangle lights, hit Target late at night for more and finish the lighting myself. Each Christmas, the Tree has a story...
Maddy and Katie were in heaven as they pulled out each ornament and said, "Oh, I remember this ornament, it is one Santa gave me! Look, mom - I made this one! Mom do you remember...?" It really is a magical time, I am grateful I have children in my home to remind me what all this ruckus is about.
Poor Bella. She fell asleep after the late night Target run and woke up in a bad mood. She tortured us all by pushing her toy Rudolph's nose to make him sing. Over and over and over...
I decided to spruce things up by hanging icicle lights from my front room windows. I liked them so much, I have kept them up as part of my every day decor.
The tree is still looking a bit Charlie Brownish. I have this grand tree pictured in mind, all gold and red with white lights... but my kids hate that imaginary tree and we have a
hodge podge one instead. And it is beautiful.
Our Santa tree topper also broke this year, so I am trying to jam this new star on top. By this time the kids have totally lost interest and have left me with a huge mess and a ton of boxes to sort through. Oh well, I'll deck these halls!
My girls were driving me nuts about getting our Christmas tree up the minute the Thanksgiving turkey was put in the fridge. I love decorating for Christmas, I just don't like hauling everything down from the attic and putting away half my house to make room for all our holiday bling. I finally gave in, but told the girls they would have to put the tree together without me (I do it EVERY year). They did a great job, and were so excited they moved on to the lights. They strung them haphazardly around the tree and then plugged them in - and half of them did not work. So I got to unstring and detangle lights, hit Target late at night for more and finish the lighting myself. Each Christmas, the Tree has a story...
Maddy and Katie were in heaven as they pulled out each ornament and said, "Oh, I remember this ornament, it is one Santa gave me! Look, mom - I made this one! Mom do you remember...?" It really is a magical time, I am grateful I have children in my home to remind me what all this ruckus is about.
Poor Bella. She fell asleep after the late night Target run and woke up in a bad mood. She tortured us all by pushing her toy Rudolph's nose to make him sing. Over and over and over...
I decided to spruce things up by hanging icicle lights from my front room windows. I liked them so much, I have kept them up as part of my every day decor.
The tree is still looking a bit Charlie Brownish. I have this grand tree pictured in mind, all gold and red with white lights... but my kids hate that imaginary tree and we have a hodge podge one instead. And it is beautiful.
Our Santa tree topper also broke this year, so I am trying to jam this new star on top. By this time the kids have totally lost interest and have left me with a huge mess and a ton of boxes to sort through. Oh well, I'll deck these halls!
3 comments:
I love that you are posting about Christmas in February...better late than never. Isn't that the truth...the kids are all gung-ho and then they fizzle out after 15 minutes and everything is disorganized ciaos and it takes twice as long to find and put it all up. Oh well, memories I guess.
I met your evil twin last week, Selina! She is a bit younger than you, but she is a definite match, appearance wise. She works at Texas Roadhouse, and don't worry, I gave her a decent tip. (We were spending some holiday gift cards) Your post just reminded me of that night out.
Weird, I have a twin here as well. Makes me wonder....
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