kidding around

I am slowly putting up Christmas decorations and love opening up my box of fun! Last year I found a lot of great decorations at my Thrift store and it is so nice to see it all again.

In fact, these beautiful lavender/silver ornaments I found last year and for some reason they make me happier than the tree. So they get their own special place, right above our dinner table. Our light fixture is nothing special, but I love to hang all sorts of things from it throughout the year (you should see all the little holes from the push pins!).

I also love to see how the kids react to all the extra decor. Of course they get extremely happy and if it were up to them we would have everything up NOW and much more “stuff” on every surface!

I love this Nativity set. I am of the thinking to keep the Christ child out of the set until Christmas morning, but someone in the house has another idea (check out the little red babe in the background). I’ve left the set on our dinner table for the kids to arrange and re-arrange. I think kids should be able to touch the decor and it also brings up great topics of conversation regarding God, the world, gifts, love…

Happy Weekend!