More decorating

I have a rather eccentric way of decorating I think. I like stuffed full and homey…. Is that eccentric or messy? Doesn’t matter, I like to be surrounded by the things I love. Everything I have has a story to me. It may have been my grandma’s or something I picked up somewhere to remember something or someone. I like to have a house full of memories. I am saying this because I am about to post pictures of some of my decorating and I’m trying to explain all the stuff errrrrr…. junk!

Behind the button trees are my kid’s art work and one of my favorite paintings. When I was a little girl I played a game called masterpiece (an art game). The little girl in this painting I use to pretend was my sister. I loved the painting and bought it a long time ago. Next to the painting I framed my kids art from when they were little. I love it because it’s so personal.

My chandelier is UGLY and I need to replace it. It was here when we moved in- I like it with Christmas decorations on it better!

The lamps Mr. B. and I re-did a few weeks ago. I bought them at a garage sale this summer and they were UGLY but we painted them and got new shades for them and I love them now! Does the decoration on top of the shade look a little like the crown of thorns when Jesus was crucified? YIKES…. I was definitely NOT going for that look!

I’m suppose to bake sugar cookies tomorrow- we’ll see!

The Holiday decorating

The tree and it's sad story.

I have a HUGE tree, I'd like to say it's nine feet tall but I doubt that. It's big and obnoxious. I love real trees but Mr. B. finally talked me into a fake one. This year Bat Girl and her family are spending Christmas with us- Thank GOD (seriously, Thank God!) and we really don't have space for the HUGE tree, so Mr. B and I went out shopping for a nice compromise. I liked a tall skinny one, he laughed, the kids would have laughed too. Anyway after looking and looking (at one store) we decided on a little one. It's one that we can put on top of our entertainment center and we won't lose any floor space this year. Without further adieu-

Christmas list and baking sweetness

I have just not been doing the things I normally do this month! I usually am in the Christmas spirit all month- but so far I've not recovered from my Thanksgiving trip.

I need to do the following things-

*bake cookies for my neighbors (4 families)
*bake pies for a few special neighbors
*cook anything in advance that I can
*GO TO THE POST OFFICE for petes sakes!
*clean my room (there's wrapping paper and bows all over it)
*a million other things I can't remember right now....

Kid4 and I baked cookies together tonight. We had a nice time. While we were baking, I thought of how much more we needed to do things like this. Was she a help? YES! I hate unwrapping the butter!

Merry ALMOST Christmas friends!

Daddy - daughter conversations

Conversation between Daddy and Kid4-

Kid4- Give me my ball!

*Daddy is playing keep away with Kid4 and laughing*

Kid4- *laughing* DADDY! Give me MYYYYY ball!

Daddy- Kid4 you haven’t even said the magic word yet!

Kid4- AaaaBRA- KA- DAaaaaBRA, give me my ball!

*we all ended up laughing*

The End.

finished shopping and cat towels

I am finished shopping for my kids! I'm so excited, I love to finish up- wrap it all up and then thats it! Kid4 is dying to open the presents! She just can't wait! Poor girl- it's a hard thing to wait- good life lesson. Now I just have to get my Dad, brother and sister something.

Sister if your reading this- I'll be sure to send you cat dish towels above..... *wink*

five....? or two......? like it's up to her!

Kid4 has a major aversion to school. She does not want to have anything to do with anything that might have anything to do with school. She went to preschool for a few months this year and then totally absolutely freaked out and she has not been back. She is a very complex little girl so it was more than just a bad day.

Yesterday she said “Mommy, I am going to be 5 on my next birthday!” (not till June)

I said “Do you know what I am going to do when you turn 5?” --- I made a big cry face at her and pretended to cry.

She said “MOMMY I have to turn 5, that’s how it works”

I said “Well, do you know what else happens when you turn 5?”

She smiled and said “What?”

I said “you have to go to school, that’s what 5 year olds do!”

She said “OK, OK, I’ll turn 2”

I laughed!

button trees

My girls and I made button trees from my vintage button collection. Kid2 made a white one, I made the red and green one and Kid4 made the small one. Aren't they cute all together? I decorated the house today and I love the way it came out! I love decorating for Christmas.