Friday, November 21, 2008

It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas . ? . ? . ? .







For quite some time now, my boys have been wanting to get out our Christmas decorations. I keep telling them, "No, we always do it after Thanksgiving. So let's wait." In recent days, I have been wanting & needing to go through my Christmas things and purge and re-organize. So yesterday, I told the boys that if they were good and did all of their schoolwork - we COULD get out our Christmas bins. In my mind, I thought this would be a perfect time to purge, sort & re-organize it all. So as I would go through each bin, they would haul them upstairs for me. After a while, I noticed they were taking a while to come back for the next bin - "Humph!", I thought they probably got sidetracked - watching a cartoon or something. No sooner did I think that - and I hear running feet on the floor above. "Mom, come see what we did!" they shouted. I went upstairs to see bin lids strewn everywhere, our Americana decor in a heap on the floor AND the shelves were decorated with Christmas and the stockings were hung with care. And yes, it was just Nov. 20th! I would like to wish you all special memories as you plan and prepare for the upcoming holidays!

3 comments:

Ann-Marie said...

Well, it goes to show that your boys have initiative! And that you make Christmas a fun time in your house! I love the Santa hats!!!

CANDICE said...

Looks like so much fun! I can't wait till Brielle is older and I get to start traditions that she will remember Just like my mom did.

Juliet said...

Tis the season! They sure did a wonderful job! I also love the Santa hats.

My home has alot of fall items up, but after tomorrow they will be replaced with the Christmas items.