Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

You can't be hyper-critical- YES I know the top of the tree leans- I think its missing a piece or something- It's incredibly ghetto but each year I end up having to stuff something between the top piece and the rest of the tree- this year its a black trashbag! LOL And I am well aware that the top of the tree has very few ornaments- the stinking tree is too tall- It is massive, and even standing on a chair I can barely reach. Y'all know I am too lazy to go get a ladder. It never fails neither Elton or Chris are around when the girls and I decorate the tree (I think they plan it that way!) We love it flaws and all.

The house- overall I'm happy with how it turned out. The funky swag lights looked so cool in the box! In reality- not so much- but they were a real bargain! You also have to factor in the fact that most people are driving at least 35 mph and can't really tell how jacked up the swags are. Usually I have more red bows on the fence- everywhere the garland goes up- theres a bow. However my bows were looking downright disgusting and had faded to a incredibly ugly shade of orange- we threw them away and I have yet to replace them...

I'm so glad that the Christmas decorations are up! I'm starting to feel festive! Elton was a sweetheart and got right on the icicle lights- I didn't even have to nag (yell, threaten etc ;0) ) I'm a little bummed about only having one tree this year- but with the addition of the loveseat and the baby swing- I just couldn't figure out a way to have 2... I'll have to check out the after Christmas clearance and see if I can find a 9 foot skinny tree! I hated to have to combine ornament. Usually the tree in the dining room has all my "elegant ornaments"- it had a theme- gold and burgandy. The tree in the living room had all of our colorful ornaments and all the stuff the kids have made. Ideally I would like to have 4 trees! One for each of those- 1 primitive tree (One year I had 3 trees, a primitive one in the family room until that was converted into Brianna's bedroom) and a tree with only snowmen and snowflakes- I think that would be awesome- I love snowmen!