'tis the Season

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... everywhere you go! We've kept our tradition, and the minute we got back in town from Thanksgiving, we went and bought our tree. Our ceilings are a little taller than the last house, so we were able to pick out a big one ... and boy is she a beauty! The kids enjoyed unpacking Christmas boxes, and looking through all the ornaments and decorations. It's been fun figuring out where things go in the new house. We have the Christmas tree in the dining room window, and we have the stockings on the fireplace! (We haven't had a fireplace mantle for the last 4 years, so this was a big deal - ha!) Stanley (our elf on the shelf) made his first appearance once we got our tree, and the kids have had a blast finding him every morning. Here's a few pics of the night we put our tree up...

no kids, those aren't socks... they're stockings ;)

 and then over the next few days, we were adding our final touches...

I made my first tree skirt!