Christmas Prepping

Tonight, we put the finishing touches on our tree. I made certain to enjoy the sparkle of the twinkle lights reflecting off the glass ornaments as it's probably the last year we'll have the fancy ornaments on the tree for awhile. Don't know if I trust an 18 month old and their exploration to the delicate ornaments I love to collect. I think I'll be better off with simple, not breakable ornaments until Amelia is older.

We also decorated the tree downstairs. It was simple - just a beautiful silver bow atop a 7 1/2 foot prelit pencil tree with glittery snowflakes and icicles. It's all a-twinkle when the overheads lights are off and the only thing lit are the tree's lights.

I hung "garland" over the windows in every room, with bows at the corners. I still have some more work to do on those, but I think it looks pretty nice if I say so myself. I just want the place to look perfect for Steve's 40th birthday on the 13th.

We had Amelia place the last ornament on the family tree in the living room. It was the large Baby's First Christmas ornament from Wendell August. She really seemed to like the ornament. Well, she enjoyed chewing on it, that's for certain. She sat at the foot of the tree looking at the various lights and ornaments, then got it into her head that she needed to grab onto the tree. I was worried she's give a good yank and the tree would topple over, but it didn't happen. And yes, I had her in a fancy dress so I could snap a few photos while she played with the tree.