All Ready for Christmas!

The past couple of years, Bill and I have started getting the house decorated immediately after Thanksgiving.  Since it takes so long to get everything out of the attic and decorated, you might as well enjoy it the entire month.  This year, Bill and I decided to take the plunge and get an artificial tree. It was a lot easier to put up (after our second trip to Sear's because the first tree was broken) and much less of a mess.  Plus, we won't have to worry about a dead tree in our house at the end of December.  This is the first year Madelyn enjoyed decorating the tree.  She put all of her ornaments in one spot at the bottom of the tree.  Once she was done, I not only found ornaments but boxes, ornament hooks, and a stuffed animal.  Her favorite ornament to hang was a princess tiera that was given to her last year for Christmas.  She hung that ornament with a HUGE smile on her face.  She keeps telling us how much she loves her Christmas tree.  Ellie slept during most of the tree decorating but loves looking at the ornaments and all the lights.  After we got everything decorated yesterday, Bill and I sat down for a nice glass of wine and relaxed.  We are ready for the the holidays to begin!

Madelyn checking out our new artificial tree!

Madelyn insisted on wearing her tutu while decorating the tree.  She also wore her stocking like a sock. She had some pretty interesting attire going on!

Some of Madelyn's ornaments all hung in the same general area!

Ellie checking out the tree after her nap!

Ellie following our rule to touch with one finger!

Happy Little Ellie

Madelyn showing Ellie all her ornaments!

Ellie eyeing one of the balls!

Madelyn telling Ellie not to touch the ornaments!

The finished product!

Now that we have Ellie and Fenway's new stocking (I broke down and bought Fenway a matching stocking because his old stocking hung the wrong way), our mantel is pretty full this year!