Friday, December 3, 2010

Oh Little Town of NEXT STOP....BETHLEHEM!

And with that? My Christmas is done. Yay! I finished shopping yesterday. Presents that need to go out of town will be mailed tomorrow, cards on Monday. Isaac and Sammy are both done and will be wrapped shortly. If anything, this harsh turn to winter has provided a boost to get it done quickly so I can enjoy the rest of the holidays. I love that.

We decorated Monday night and Sammy's head exploded with every Christmas decor box we opened. Oh, holy COW he was excited. Put on the decorations! Put on the lights! Put out the advent calendar train! This! This! This! This! This! Oy to the world, indeed, No Doubt...I was completely reminded why there is a saying about "a little kid at Christmas"! He has been having way too much fun with the train around the tree and pulling out Christmas book after Christmas book for me to read.

(those would be my mother in law's coconut m&m's under the tree...)


(our basket of Christmas books and jingle bells...we try to buy a new book every year. This year's addition is Merry Christmas Splat the Cat)


(I found some navy ornaments...I like them, but I definitely like the matte ones more than the glitter ones. However, I love my new ornament hangers the best. They have jingle bells on them!)

Sammy's take on the nativity, complete with an IKEA train set, of course...apparently they are waiting for the 9:15 to Bethlehem.








(winter wonderland, eurythmics)

6 clever comments:

Sunny said...

I saw a bunch of matte navy ones at Walmart the other day. I almost picked some up for you.

Dad Mom said...

Love he loves the train--he can come play with ours....

tawnya said...

Amanda - that's where I got these...I didn't see a package of straight matte ones, though. Maybe I didn't look well enough!

bythelbs said...

That Veggie Tales nativity is awesome!

It all looks lovely. I just might have to get out the decorations this weekend.

Sunny said...

It was the new walmart I was at. They had some that were a mix of matte and shiny and some that were just matte.

tawnya said...

Hmmmmmm. Maybe I'll have to go look next time I'm south.