All the left-overs are long gone, and I’m emerging from my status of missing in action for the last week or so. I won’t bore you with the details–everyone has that list from time to time that keeps them busy with life.
The weekend after Thanksgiving is when our Christmas decorations explode across the house.
Maybe not, explode. Two rooms and the front yard, tops.
The girls have finally gotten to the ages when they can take over putting all the decorations on the tree. Together. Just the two of them. Without supervision. Without mediation.
With some mediation and several breaks from each other.
Every year, they pick two (or three) ornaments that they love. These ornaments usually represent something they experienced or loved during the year. For both of them, the tempation to buy the Lego Darth Vader was strong within them. But they resisted the dark side.
Daughter 2 picked polar bears, penguins, and kittens. There are two series of ornaments that she’s collecting. Daughter 1 picked the puppy and horse that go with her two series. She also picked something else. It makes a geek mom proud.
If the store had the Hulk, she would have picked him. I was surprised that she passed up Thor and Darth Vader. I wasn’t surprised that she ignored Spider-Man (even though it crushed me on the inside).
She picked the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man from Ghostbusters. He hangs with a Santa looking over him to keep him out of trouble. I hope no one pushes the button on his side too often. I can hear the theme song to the movie only so many times before I go crazy. 🙂
The girls decorated the tree. They took breaks when the older one sensed that they might kill each other over pre-lighted bough territory. After all, the carousel animal ornaments must hang on the same side of the tree. Together. In the same place.
*eye twitch*
Ahem. The tree is beautiful, because my girls decorated it together. I just put on the little ornaments at the top where neither can reach.
Speaking of the top, I have no tree topper. I just can’t find one that I like. My tree is topperless for the second year in a row. I hate to even admit that my tree is topperless. It is. Do I want to replace the pitiful angel that used to be the topper? Or, do I want a star? There are too many choices out there. (Maybe I’m too picky or frugal or something.)
The rest of the ornaments are a mix from my husband’s childhood and things I’ve collected from trips we’ve taken. There are also some antique, handmade ornaments that my grandmother used to hang on her tree. It’s an ecclectic tree, but we think it’s beautiful.
When do you decorate for the holidays? Do you have any special decorations or traditions?
For ROW80, I haven’t checked in for at least a week. Sigh. Here’s where I am:
- I have a list of plot holes in my MG WIP. I’m going to fill them in now. I want to have the first draft finished by the first week of December.
- The back garden is planted with carrots, spinach, kale, lettuce, and onion seeds. A few radish seeds are mixed with the carrots so I know where those rows are.
- Get back into my size-smaller jeans. I miss them. I worked too hard to get into them in the first place.
- I started my sweet potato slips. Only one piece is growing. I had to throw out the other pieces. More to come.
- Catch up on blogging class!