It's finally decorating time!

This weekend, we decided to decorate for Christmas. We get our tree from Grace's school-sponsored Boy Scout troop. This year we decided on a huge tree (nearly 10 feet!) since we have a vaulted ceiling. I decided to decorate the tree with my soft Boyd's Bears ornaments, the kids' handmade school ornaments, and old-fashioned ornaments that I bought to make it safer for Colt and to give it that "old-timey" feel.

We found a Little People nativity set that's adorable and put that out since Colt is still very handsy : )

I also put up the kids' advent calendar and I finally found some mistletoe!

For our door, I found some Christmas craft paper and wrapped it around the front door. I also bought a real balsam wreath and placed some of my wooden and metal old-fashioned ornaments around it. I also had some jingle sleigh bells and placed them on the door knob.

We don't have a fireplace, so I had to put our stockings on a bookshelf. Hopefully the next house we have will have a fireplace - wishful thinking : )

Lastly, I put my Santa Mickey in the front yard with some plastic candy canes. He's always the last thing I put out.

First Time Rollerskaters

Last Saturday, Chris and I took the kids to Bell's Skating Rink for the day. This was their first time ever skating and I haven't skated since 8th grade. They did great for their first time, but unfortunately they were just getting the hang of it when we had to leave. It was great fun!

Trick or Treat!

Instead of going to any neighborhoods this year, we decided to take the kids trick or treating at the zoo here in town. It was Colt's first real time going and he had a blast!! You can probably tell by the red candy all over his face : ) It was fun, safe, and we got a few great pictures too!