It's Begining to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

So, Jason has been bugging me since before Halloween to get our Christmas stuff out, and I told him there was no way I would put up Christmas stuff before Halloween...for some reason this year, he was so excited about decorating for Christmas! Well, I decided that it would probably be a good idea to get our tree and stuff up before the baby come, so it is one less thing to do after the baby is here (just for the record, I am the type of person that totally believes you should not put up your Christmas tree until after Thanksgiving!)

Well, on Monday we decided that would be a good Family Home Evening thing to do, so we put up all of our Christmas stuff. Jason had a great time "fluffing" the tree. I always let him do it because he does such a great job and he loves it (not really)! Jaxon had fun putting ornaments on the tree in one big clump, and Brynn had a good time pulling the ornaments off the tree...it was a lot of fun! Let me just say, I am not as patient when I am 9 months pregnant, so there were some times when it wasn't so fun, but for the most part, we had a great time.

After we were done decorating, we had hot chocolate and one or two year old candy canes (Jaxon really wanted candy canes and there were some left over from years past, so the kids ate them and thought they were great!). It was a lot of fun and now I get to continually tell Brynn to not touch the tree and put the ornaments back (which she doesn't do) and tell Jaxon to leave the stockings where they are, the Mickey's that look alike don't have to be together, they can be friends without being by each other...it's so much fun!


This ribbon is supposed to be on the tree, but Brynn had a great time dragging it around the house...let me tell you, ribbon that is not rolled up nice and neat, is a little harder to put on the tree than ribbon that is!
Doesn't he look so happy to be the designated tree "fluffer"? (The smile is fake, I told him he had to smile!)
These Mickey stockings sing, so guess what we have to look forward to for the next month...singing Mickey's everyday! Just kidding, the kids love them and they are pretty cute!

He was supposed to help Jason "fluff" the tree...he's doing a great job huh?

Jason decided that he would put the hangers on all the ornaments and I got to hang them (after Jaxon hung them)...isn't that sweet of him. I would have much rather it the other way around!
Most of the ornaments Jaxon put on the tree were on the very bottom, all together in nice little clumps of the same color...he wanted them to be with their friends!
Brynn pretty much just played with the ornaments and rolled them around like they were balls, come to think of it, she does this everyday now!


Hot chocolate and candy canes after a hard night of decorating!