Deck the Halls 2011

Saturday was our annual Deck the Halls for Christmas. I always decorate this early. Some people disagree, and that is fine. I do not enjoy decorating, and it makes all of  the holidays happier, if this part is over. Last year, I was MISERABLE decorating. When we cleaned it all up, I had a stroke of sheer genius! I did not pack up everything. We moved the trees upstairs fully decorated- minus the breakable ornaments. We took the village pieces up and left them on a bookcase upstairs in the attic part. SO MUCH BETTER!

The shopping is done for the most part. I usually do shopping for my girls from other family members, so I have that left. That’s fun- buying gifts with someone else’s money. Jade was SO excited about the decorations this year. This is really the first year that she had paid a lot of attention. She has particularly enjoyed the ice skaters in the village, and looking at old Christmas cards with pictures. (She insists that old pics of Jenna are her.)



We have a big tree for the family, a small white tree with Jenna’s ornaments, and a small white tree with Jade’s ornaments.

The village is in the playroom this year. I set it up on the dining room table since it’s pushed against the wall, anyway. We have just converted the dining room to a playroom. We can have fancy meals in a few years; in the mean time, we are making memories. Isn’t the village pretty?

Yea, well here is reality! Ha!

I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s the one room of the house that can be messy. We clean it most every night….mostly.