Christmas Prep Day

I keep getting ready to blog, but once all the pictures are ready I end up needing to save it and go feed Reed or whatever else.  So now I have all these pictures saved in one post, that really were meant to go in like 5 different posts, from weeks ago. 

So these are already a couple weeks old, but here they are.

The day after Thanksgiving we went out for a Christmas tree.  It was so early, we figured only Home Depot would have them yet, so that's where we went.  

They always set up the gingerbread men so the kids are squinting in the sun.  Ha.

Neely just wanted to say hi to them.

We went home to decorate while watching Rudolph like always.  The kids did most of the decorating this year, other than a few times when I had to talk them into spreading the ornaments out a bit.  :)

The big two argued about who could put the star on top.  Finally Jess held them both up so they could do it, and they took sooooooooooooo long.  He was straining and about to start laughing.  

 I love the look of happiness and relief on his face here, right after they finished.  Haha.

Cason (with a little help from Paige, but she got bored quickly) decorated the mantle by himself.  I just let him have at it, except when we had to tell him to quit moving reindeer stocking holders, hours later, before one fell on someone's head.  He takes his jobs seriously.

Then we had a nice night, with some cuddling..

...peppermint hot cocoa...

 

...and tree lights while having a living room campout and watching It's a Wonderful Life.