Sunday was "decorate for Christmas Day" We pulled out the tree, lights and decorations and got to work. It's exciting, because this is the first Christmas here in the new house.















Jasmone helps ellie with the tree....sorta. Seems like she's struggling a bit. She probably wants to get down so she can swat the ornaments.




















Here's the tree all lit up and sparkling.




















The stockings were hung by the chimney with care... The green one was given to me as a gift when i was very young. It's seen a few christmases! And yes, we have little stocking for the cats. shut up, it's cute.















Ellie getting to work on the tree. She let me hang all the outside lights and the window lights, and she worked on the tree. This tree actually flew here all the way from England 2 years ago. We weren't allowed to have real trees in our old apt complex, so ellie's mom flew over to visit and brought a fake tree with her. seems like it wouldve been easier to drive to Target, but who am i to complain?















Georgie is helping me sort out the lights. Why does she ALWAYS look guilty??















The tree's all set up, and the girls are in their spots. It won't be long until the start knocking down ornaments. That's the reason we hang all the breakable ornaments on the upper part of the tree.















Hangin' up the lights outside. FYI: Santa, if you're reading this..i need a taller ladder. i had to get up on my roof to hook up the lights out front, and i almost died many times. A taller ladder would help me avoid an untimely death by falling into my flowerbeds.















The fireplace looks good. I'm admiring my work.