Can we decorate? Can we do it now?

Wednesday night Shane and I put on some Christmas music and decorated the house. I found the nativity scene and a Christmas tree Gramma Betty had painted for me a long time ago. It was really fun to find those again after having packed them away for so many years. The house really feels festive.

We did almost everything except decorate the ~~tree~~ trees. We saved that for Thursday night with the girls. Isabella was sooooo excited when she came in the house and saw all the decorations. She kept saying "Can we decorate? Can we do it now?" Last year Kennedy got a pink Christmas tree for her room so Shane made sure Isabella had one for her room; hers is purple. We picked them up new stars for the top but they haven't put them on yet.

There were a few ornaments Belle wanted on her own tree instead of on the tree in the living room. I love how she put them all on the bottom branches.

We got the girls two little angels when we were at the Biltmore over Thanksgiving and an ornament with each of their initials. They put those on the tree the night we decorated.

Growing up, the star was always the last thing on the tree. Putting the star on the tree was equal opportunity, both Kennedy and Belle took their turn at it. It reminded me of blowing out birthday candles at our birthday parties where everyone got a chance (Mom and Dad would light the candles 6 times so we could each blow them out). The pictures below don't show it but Shane was standing on a stool. How he didn't fall off and break a leg or get a hernia while dead-lifting them from the ground while standing on the stool is a Christmas miracle! The tree sure looks good!

I know, I know! The dogs have those creepy eyes again. I haven't figured out the camera flash with them. But they are such good dogs and the girls love them. Belle seems a little done posing for pictures.

A long time ago Mom had bought me a Christmas decoration with two dancing snowmen on it. I love snowmen and last year I brought this over to Shane's house as a decoration. Isabella fell in love with it last year and wanted it in her room. I unpacked it again this year and she clearly still loves it.