Christmas is getting close....

Bear helped me this year. She was pretty worried she would come home from school to find I had done all of the Christmas Decorations. Beau is like Frank and they have little to now interest in putting the decorations out.

This year we decided to decorate the top of the piano as usual but to only put up a half tree. We thought Peanut would only undecorate the tree if she could reach the ornaments.

I am still looking for a new count down calendar. I am drawn to Playmobile's so we will see what I can find this week.

sooo cute even with powder donuts all over you face.

My tree is loaded with everything. I do not have theme as most people do. We fill it with everything. Every homemade ornament we have along with ornaments we find though out the year.

We brought some outside in. I used some tree branches to give the tree some fullness.

I am having a hard time this year with gift buying. My children have not voiced anything - other then as seen items on TV. Such as cuddleupits, dreamlights, the slushee maker, and apparently I need the shake weight. - awesome. Usually I have my entire Christmas purchased and stored away by now but not this year and I am feeling a little nervous about it. One I HATE crowds I do not like shopping with large groups of people and do not like waiting in lines. But thankfully there is Internet shopping.

I plan on trying to visit a christmas event each week until Christmas. This week we went to our church live nativity so wonderful! and tonight we see Santa....

p.s. our stake does a nativity each year and if you have not had a chance to see it -- wow make a point to visit it. Just amazing.