Monday, December 10, 2012

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

 
We've been decking the halls around here a bit.  This is the family tree, which the kids decorate themselves with all the ornaments we've collected over the years. I learned a long time ago that it's no fun for anybody when someone with OCD helps decorate a Christmas tree, so I usually sit back and watch the festivities with a little Christmas cheer in my hand. 

Look! A real live elf.
 
 
This is my own personal tree:
 
 
There are two pictures of it, BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME. It has feather boas AND aqua balls. My husband, the traditionalist, thinks two trees are too much.  HA! I say. If you saw this tree in person you would feel warm and fuzzy inside, unless you were a grumpy bastard. Not naming any names.




Also, I hung a branch from the ceiling and hung some more balls from it.  I am a fan of balls at Christmastime.  If you were a grumpy bastard, you'd be all, "Why is there a branch hanging from the ceiling?  It's probably full of deadly spider eggsacs."  And I'd be all, "Don't be a hater, you brought me all the way to South America, where I don't have a proper light fixture to decorate."



Over the weekend, the three youngest kids and I went to the Embassy Santa Breakfast.  I was working the event, and we were running late, so I told the kids to put on some nice Christmas outfits. They were all out in the car waiting when I came out, so I didn't have a chance to appraise their attire.  For their annual photo with Santa.  To be preserved for all time.




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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

one of a kind, Whites.

Donna said...

We really need to be best friends. Those Christmas outfits make me feel sooo much better about my kids' outfit choices. Merry Christmas...

Kate said...

I often make people feel better about their parenting when they see how I do things. ;-)

Nomads By Nature said...

My children are envious of the adventure time hat. They saw no issue with the wardrobes. This is from my teen who doesn't think a coat is necessary in winter and sandals are close enough to boots and my tween who wants to wear his snowpants and gloves to everything, just in case. Yours at least seasonally match, and are very patriotic.

Kate said...

She wears that Adventure Time hat everywhere, even though it's 90 degrees out.

Connie said...

I love the outfits, both trees and your holiday branch! I couldn't pull off the hanging balls like that though. The cats would take it as a challenge! Happy Holidays!

Daniela Swider said...

I say yey to Christmas cheer in whatever shape. That was the kids interpretation and they did color coordinate with Santa, so you have to give them that...