Decorating

We LOVE decorating for Christmas.  As soon as the turkey is put away from our Thanksgiving feast, we pull out the Christmas decorations.

 

This year, Audrey and Addison were great helpers.

 

 

I decided that we would create handmade ornaments throughout the season to hang on our tree this year.  So very few store bought ornaments hung from our tree this year.

 

Each year the girls get ornaments to represent something about them and/or their likes that year.  This year they both got ballerina ornaments to hang on their trees.  They both love to dance and this was Addison's first year to take lessons.

 

 

 

The outdoor decorations were also put out.  Sadly, two of our inflatables bit the dust but the girls were still content with the few decorations we had out.

 

I love sharing these memories with my family.

Decorating for Christmas

The girls LOVE helping to decorate for Christmas. Audrey has been Corey's helper for a couple of years. This year Addison loved helping put up the decorations, too.

Audrey already knows just what to do. She took charge of things :)

Addison was completely fascinated with the HUGE doggie.


Audrey- our quality control inspector.

Addison was trying her best to get Santa to talk back to her.

Daddy and his elves.

Corey and crazy dog, Boots, offering his assistance.

Audrey- Adorable Elf #1

Addison- Cutie Pie Elf #2

After freezing outside while putting up lights and decorations, we moved the party inside to get the tree up and decorated.

I was totally surprised how well Addison did decorating. She actually would hang the ornaments on the tree. I completely expected her to remove them faster than we could hang them. She was so proud of herself.

This year she is all into Elmo and Cookie Monster, so I bought her Elmo and Cookie Monster ornaments for the tree. She was thrilled about the Elmo one. She wanted to hang on to it an not place it on the tree.

Such good little elves!

Audrey took the decorating very seriously. She made sure each ornament was hung on the tree perfectly.

Addison got a little impatient and tried to dig out the ornaments herself. She got a bit "stuck". Haha. I had to be cruel for just a moment while she was crying "HELP" to grab my camera and catch a photo of her predicament.

Once she recovered from the terrifying experience, she continued on with her silliness.

The girls standing proudly in front of their beautifully decorated tree. :)

Oh Christmas Tree...

Our family always enjoys decorating our tree together. This year was no exception.

Audrey is old enough to be a big help. She hung the majority of the ornaments.

Corey prepared the ornaments for her.

Audrey decorated this adorable pink tree for her room.

She hung the Barbie ornaments that her Aunt Carolyn bought her each year. Along with a few Dora ornaments mixed in.

Addison was facinated by all th lights and shiny glitter on the ornaments.

Audrey loves to have the tree lights on as she falls asleep each night. She loves to look at them...and who can blame her! They are beautiful.



And if Audrey goes missing, I can usually find her playing underneath the tree.

Little Santa's helper being silly...

...and showing off that cute smile...

Addison was our supervisor during the decorating process.