Christmas Decorating

It was so fun to have Austin's family here to decorate with us. Little kids make everything more fun because they get so excited over little things.

Maddie learned how to hang the ornaments on pretty quickly, and

she would run for another one as soon as she was done.

It is so fun to have Britta here! I especially missed her during the holidays. We let her choose which ornaments to use and she picked the blue ones. I am in the process of replacing all my ornaments with shatter proof ones. Most of mine are glass since that is what they were made of back in the day when I started getting different colors and themes. 

The blue, white, and silver ornaments are new to go with the snowmen. Millie shows us the one she liked best.

Ryan's ornaments go near the top since he's the only one who can reach that far.

I think the snowmen and blue ornaments are my favorite tree decorations out of the different sets that I have.

Ryan won't let me take his picture very often, but he is a little more accommodating when Britta is here. 

Maddie is so gentle with the ornaments. 

She will be a pro when they set their tree up and decorate it.

The tree is looking very nice!

Even Austin helped. 

Those eyes!

Claire asked if she could put the angel on top and Britta was happy to act as a ladder so she could reach.

Look at all those decorations! Beautiful girl and beautiful tree!

Another boost from Britta so she can reach a little higher.

Such a great helper!

• Claire wanted to decorate the top of the tree, and she kept Britta busy giving her boosts. They made a good team in getting the top of the tree decorated.

Kimberlea and Calista came over towards the end of our decorating and joined in the fun. She loved the lights and the sparkle.

Cute girl! 

Claire loves to hold Calista. 

Claire got a kick out of being taller than Austin.

Melissa and Claire played some Christmas duets for us. Melissa started giving piano lessons to Claire in August when school started and she is learning a lot! 

Ryan put up the lights outside a few days later. I'm lucky to have such a good elf to get them done.

King on the roof! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!