Babygirl has been really excited about Christmas! She was thrilled when we got the decorations down from the attic last Friday! I do not shop on Black Friday, I don't think it is worth the madness and aggravation, so it has been a tradition that we put up our Christmas decorations that extended weekend.
The tree is up, and Babygirl put up most of the ornaments herself! She wanted to use the colorful (a.k.a. vintage) ornaments with silver balls. I let her put up the reproduction ornaments, but I will probably use the actual vintage ornaments elsewhere, as some of them are family heirlooms. I think I can find a lovely vase to display them in instead!
The finished tree has a cluster of ornaments at the bottom, a blank space, and then another line of ornaments at Babygirl stool height. Hubby helped Babygirl with the top. I think I will just put some ribbon garland on and leave it. Originally I intended to "redistribute" the ornaments, but I like the way it looks. It will only be so long that I will have the opportunity for such an artful tree. Isn't it beautiful?
Just don't turn around and look the other direction... I really need to finish decorating, get this stuff put away, and find a "holiday arrangement" for the front room furniture (like yesterday!)!
Last Friday morning, our scout elf Effie returned from the north pole for her Christmas duties! Thoughtful as Effie is, she left Babygirl a note and some treats for making hot chocolate!
Since then Effie has been spotted hanging from the mistletoe, playing video games (!), and this morning she was found occupying my sewing machine! She was also wearing a new sweater this morning! (Maybe that was what she was sewing??)
When Babygirl got home from school today, she also found that Effie brought a friend along today... (Or maybe Mommy found out about it last night and bought it at Target today while she was in school and then left it somewhere she would not have noticed it this morning... Hmmm...) So we now also have Fetch the reindeer as a visitor!
One of my friends pointed out that it is a bit like a bad relationship... He uses you for snuggles and then leaves when he has had enough! We had a good laugh over that, but I must admit that she is sort of right... Still, Babygirl is super-excited to have a Christmas friend she can snuggle with!
Hope you are enjoying your holidays thus far, and looking forward those that are coming!
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