Ok so I must admit that I am not politically correct! I hate the commercials that say "Its beginning to look a lot like the HOLIDAYS!" No its not. It is beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS!
So this weekend we went to Walmart and Santa was there. (No I didn't know that Santa was going to be at my work. Don't worry I was not the only one who didn't know that works at Walmart.) I decided to get the kids pictures taken with him. We have never told our kids that Santa was a real person. We have always taught them the legend of Santa and all that. But we try to focus on the true reason for the holiday. Well, John and now Taylor really believe in Santa. I have just stopped trying to convince them otherwise. John is sure that he is a real person and there is nothing you can say or do to prove otherwise. So fine I will play along. Oh, but John told me after the picture that this was not the real Santa. Why you may ask... well because Santa is way to busy right now to come and take pictures. So this is one of Santa's helpers. Besides Santa would have known my name and what I wanted. The boy is really to smart for his own good.
We set up our tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We bought a fake tree that is 6.5 feet tall. It is a really pretty tree. And will fit in our place better than the 7.5 foot tree we bought 8 years ago.
The kids had a lot of fun decorating it this year. Oh and the even better part is that I have not had to redecorate it a 100 times. The kids are finally to the point where they are not touching the trees ornaments constantly. Yeaaa!!!
The tree for so many years has truly been a major holiday stress because the kids just would not leave it alone and I would have to redecorate it every day several times a day.
The kids worked together really well this year. There was no fighting. They all worked together and it was truly fun to put up. It was great.
So the main colors of our tree are purple and gold. My Mom bought this tree topper years ago before I ever left home. The first year we used it my brother and sister had already moved out and my Mom and I made a complete bear tree. Everything on it was a teddy bear. Except for the few apples that where always on my Moms tree. So that red spot under the bear is an apple to honor my Mom and my growing up years.
I think some day my kids will say... "My mom always had music notes on our tree. Daisy hung them up this year. She did a really good job with spreading them out on the tree.
I also have 2 other themes with my Christmas decorations. Not only is there lots of purple and gold but also lots of Tiggers and Snowmen. The Tiggers came about because the first year Willie and I where together he found out up to that point I had never had a real tree. So he bought me my first real tree. He gave my sister money and had her buy all the decorations for it. She bought every tigger ornament that she could find. (by the way I would say that not even a 1/4 of my ornaments are on my tree this year. Was waiting for little fingers not to touch any more.) The snowmen came about because my last name is Snow. And well snowmen are just cute. So I have a whole collection of them which I add to every year.
So this weekend we went to Walmart and Santa was there. (No I didn't know that Santa was going to be at my work. Don't worry I was not the only one who didn't know that works at Walmart.) I decided to get the kids pictures taken with him. We have never told our kids that Santa was a real person. We have always taught them the legend of Santa and all that. But we try to focus on the true reason for the holiday. Well, John and now Taylor really believe in Santa. I have just stopped trying to convince them otherwise. John is sure that he is a real person and there is nothing you can say or do to prove otherwise. So fine I will play along. Oh, but John told me after the picture that this was not the real Santa. Why you may ask... well because Santa is way to busy right now to come and take pictures. So this is one of Santa's helpers. Besides Santa would have known my name and what I wanted. The boy is really to smart for his own good.
We set up our tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We bought a fake tree that is 6.5 feet tall. It is a really pretty tree. And will fit in our place better than the 7.5 foot tree we bought 8 years ago.
The kids had a lot of fun decorating it this year. Oh and the even better part is that I have not had to redecorate it a 100 times. The kids are finally to the point where they are not touching the trees ornaments constantly. Yeaaa!!!
The tree for so many years has truly been a major holiday stress because the kids just would not leave it alone and I would have to redecorate it every day several times a day.
The kids worked together really well this year. There was no fighting. They all worked together and it was truly fun to put up. It was great.
So the main colors of our tree are purple and gold. My Mom bought this tree topper years ago before I ever left home. The first year we used it my brother and sister had already moved out and my Mom and I made a complete bear tree. Everything on it was a teddy bear. Except for the few apples that where always on my Moms tree. So that red spot under the bear is an apple to honor my Mom and my growing up years.
I think some day my kids will say... "My mom always had music notes on our tree. Daisy hung them up this year. She did a really good job with spreading them out on the tree.
I also have 2 other themes with my Christmas decorations. Not only is there lots of purple and gold but also lots of Tiggers and Snowmen. The Tiggers came about because the first year Willie and I where together he found out up to that point I had never had a real tree. So he bought me my first real tree. He gave my sister money and had her buy all the decorations for it. She bought every tigger ornament that she could find. (by the way I would say that not even a 1/4 of my ornaments are on my tree this year. Was waiting for little fingers not to touch any more.) The snowmen came about because my last name is Snow. And well snowmen are just cute. So I have a whole collection of them which I add to every year.
