Christmas Decorations

My father-in-law once asked me why I go through all the trouble to decorate our house.

After seeing all these unpacked boxes and watching the clock tick away all day,

I was kind of beginning to think the same thing. . . .

We went through a lot of work . . . inside & outside!

In the end . . it was worth it!  I love seeing the kids excited about the wonder of Christmas.

The tree was beautiful and only one ornament was broken this year. . . a little glue & all will be fine!

The other reason I love decorating so much. . . .

seeing how excited they get when looking at all the decorations!

The decorations were all up & all the boxes were put away . . .

it was time for our annual Christmas Vacation movie . . .

complete with egg nog in Santa mugs and cookies!

What a perfect way to end the evening!

I'm glad I've seen the movie so many times before,

because Caleb didn't seem to be too interested. . .

he like to sit/lay/crawl on me instead!

The next day, Sarah & I decorated her tree.

All the ornaments are from her Aunt Emily as is the tree!

Brandon & I gave her the topper last year, but we had to wait for Dad to get home to put it up!

Caleb got his own tree in his room too this year!

No ornaments, just lights but he still loves it!

Caleb's favorite decoration is the Drummer Snowman.

He carries it around by the earmuff band over it's head.

When you push the hand it plays Joy to the World and Caleb marches along!