Decorating the Christmas Tree

We decorated our tree the Monday after Thanksgiving. I love having Christmas decorations out--this is just such a fun time of year. Our tree looks a little bit silly this year. The bottom of the tree is pretty bare, and then there are places like the ones in the above picture that have multiple ornaments adorning a single branch. Isaac apparently did it on purpose--he wanted all of his ornaments together. It seems like most years, I take a picture of the kids holding up their favorite ornament. I really have no idea why Isaac was making such a silly face, but when I showed him this picture today he laughed his head off and told me to put it on the blog. So here it is.

I had been planning on using this one--much more better, I think. Sareny got Belle for Christmas when she was two, Isaac's Godzilla was his ornament from last year (2011), and Finley picked out Minnie Mouse as her souvenier at Disneyland in October 2011.

Daddy lifted Sareny up to put the star on. It makes me a little sad that Daddy won't be able to lift his little girl up like this for much longer.

For We Need a Little Christmas, Right This Very Minute...

Don't we? Or do you mean Christmas was over and done with a month ago? Well, be that as it may, here we go with a Christmas-y post. And might I add, I was a little disapointed nobody seemed to get my clever Toy Story 2 movie-quote-title from my last post. Anyway, this is a picture of the cute little nativity I got this year--before it was dismantled and darn near destroyed by tiny hands...It was really adorable for the 5 minutes it looked like this.
My kids absolutely love Christmas ornaments, possibly as much as I do. They are always so excited to get them out and find their old friends. Finley tried to put her tiara on.

Sareny doing her best Lisa Marie impression with her Hannah Montana guitar.

Isaac showing off Wall-E and a Cars ornament.

I really love Sareny's Belle ornament. We got it for her at Disneyland when she was two.

Fin loves the musical Hallmark High School ornaments we have, and she was busting out some serious moves!

And in between snapping a bunch of pictures, I pitched in to help get the tree decorated.

Aren't they cute?

And I think this one is just kind of hilarious. Isaac looks pretty chill, but take a look at Fin and Sareny's faces. They both look excited beyond belief.

Look what I made!

I love finding a good deal, and today when I ran in to Hobby Lobby to buy one $2.00 clay pot, I couldn't resist heading over to check out their fall items when I saw a sign that said they were all on sale for 80% off. I love clearance shopping! I found this super cute basket and filled it with some little pumpkins and goards and a couple of sprigs for color. I know nothing about decorating, but I thought it turned out pretty nice. The kids have been warned excessively about not touching, so we'll see how long that lasts. Isaac already tried taking a bite out of one of the vegetables and left huge teeth marks, which prompted a severe tongue-lashing--I hope it sunk in.



Sareny picked out this little sparkly pumpkin, which really didn't fit in with the theme of my basket but I got it anyway and figured it could go on a table. She thinks it is hers, and I was trying to take her picture holding her pumpkin when I got the following shot. I missed the pumpkin, but she looked awfully cute.

So now our house looks a little more festive for the fall.