Decorating the house for Christmas

This past weekend, we got around to decorating the house. This year, getting the tree, decorating the tree, and hanging the lights was a very big deal for Jessica. As soon as we started on hanging the lights outside, she wanted to help.



Unfortunately, when a 3 year old is your assistant, hanging lights takes a lot longer. Luckily, she got bored with the whole thing and went inside until we were done. She loved the final product, which includes snowflakes, candy canes, and even flamingos. This year, our whole picket fence is lit up too. We're still on the hunt for a lit up Santa, but that may have to wait until next year since all the stores are sold out.



Once we were done with the outside, we moved on to decorating the tree. Jessica wanted lots of lights, tinsel, and even beads. Our tree is quite the Fancy Nancy tree. I think I've been reading Splendiferous Christmas a few too many times. Anyways, Jessica loves the ornaments on the tree and points out her ornaments to everyone. So far, she has collected Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Rapunzel and is working on us for more (princesses that is). She's also acquired a princess stocking this year. It looks slightly out of place on the mantel, but she just had to have it!



And, now that the Christmas tree is up, we can ask the girls to pose for lots of pictures for us.