Falalala la la la (a little early)

I am not quite sure what put me in the mood to Christmas decorate oh, so early this year? Whatever it was, I kind of liked it. Sure, our neighbors still have jack-o-lanterns with saggy faces on their doorsteps, but someone has to be the first to decorate, right? Just last week I was walking by a house on the street above us, and someone had their tree up...I definitely made a "I can't believe that.." type of comment. hehe! Oh well, the thought of a Friday night, a pizza and decorating our tree is what got Luke and I through the week!

In the South, EVERYONE has more than one tree. Some people put a Christmas tree in every room of their downstairs. I totally wanted to bring that tradition to the North this year, but funds may have gotten away from me. I kind of got carried away with buying new stockings, a tree skirt and foofy things for the tree. Maybe next year we will have a "kids" themed tree (BUT, there will be NO colored lights on it-YUCK!). Luke asked me what kind of look I was going for with our tree this year, and I told him I wanted it to look like it belonged in Macy's. You know? Those overly filled, stuff coming from every direction, trees..LOVE THEM! In person, it does have stuff coming from every direction..I swear. My best trick this year was using that twirly, gold, sparkly, branch "stuff", and just shoving it into the tree. It was fun!

Here are just a few snapshots, per my Mom's request. Maybe she needs a little motivation to get started. Of course, not until after she puts "Tom the Turkey" on the table this year. Just a side note, but anything that can have a name (i.e: turkey's, fish...ALMOST children [she wanted to name ME Tommi]), ends up being "Tom". She is obsessed with my dad.  :)

For some reason I feel that pictures never do Christmas decorations justice. Maybe because the glitter and lights don't sparkle through a picture. The tree never looks as decorated as it really is, which makes the pictures kinda of blah-se blah! Oh well, I will still share with you.

 

L putting on the star...

TA-DA! Told ya, kind of boring!

 I already put Luke's present under the tree... ;)

 

The nativity...and L says "Keeping the Christ in Christmas"..ha!

 Can't wait to turn the fireplace on! So cozy!

The aftermath of Christmas decorating is the worst. I should have taken pictures of the mess, but would be too embarrassed to post them. Luke even volunteered to sweep, and when I looked at him like "WHAT? YOU want to sweep", he replied "it is going to be so fun to see the piles". So, from now I will wait weeks before sweeping in hopes that he might volunteer and find it "fun".

 I had the same look on my face when he volunteered..

1 of 16 "fun" piles..