Christmas is officially here in the Knight home. Last week we decorated our Christmas tree for family home evening and how lovely it is! We had a few minor setbacks such as our pre-lit tree not doing the "lit" part and missing ornaments, but we worked it out and have a beautiful tree decorated by Matt and I and the girls. Molly even got into decorating although most of her ornaments came FROM the tree instead of going ON the tree.
The kids I babysit and Molly have completely undecorated one side of our tree from about halfway up but we have a nice pile going under the tree of ornaments that have been removed. Every once in a while Kylie and Megan will get a bug and put them back on the tree. I have decided I won't really enjoy the season if I worry about a perfect tree, so kids, have fun! I love turning the lights on at night and have gotten many comments of, "Oh, you already put up your tree?!?!?!" To which I reply, "Absolutely! The Christmas season is too short and I am a Christmas nut!" Bring it on! The sights, smells, sounds and feelings...I love it all! The girls will go to school and come home to MORE Christmas decorations and wonder where I keep getting them all! Their biggest concern is the fact that I still haven't gotten the candy to fill the candy jars...it's a rough life!
On a blog of a very dear friend of mine (yes you, Terrianne) I read a comment that said the average person gets only 80 Christmases. She then related that number to other numbers in our lives such as the number of cookies we eat, the number of diapers I have changed...you get the idea. 80 really is such a small number and I am going to milk this glorious season for all I can get out of it. If that means I get a few odd looks...I can take it.
Merry Christmas!
Can you see how blue Molly's eyes are? It is crazy!!
Can you still hear the bells ring? (Polar Express) I am glad Meg can!
So fun! I've really been enjoying my having my tree up! I haven't put the other decorations up but as soon as we get back from MT...down with all the fall decorations and up with the rest of Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI love it! You ENJOY your christmas tree- i may have to come over and enjoy yours too since I'm moving and can't put mine up. BOO :(
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ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you when it comes to enjoying Christmas as soon and as long as you can. One year, I was putting up Halloween decorations while listening to Christmas music. My mom came in the room and said, "I think that's illegal." I say enjoy all that Christmas has to offer!!
ReplyDeleteOnce again,Celeste, these pictures are gorgeous. What a beautiful family you have! And Patty is right; eighty Christmases are not that many. I'm not going to waste a single one!
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