I've been a bit of a Scrooge this year, but I'm finally getting into the spirit of the season. Candace and Amber inspired me to make this Christmas Jar.
I tried to get Sydney to help me make an advent paper chain, but she was more interested in watching Toy Story. She did help me for a minute, though. She likes to pretend it is a jump rope.
I also finished wrapping Christmas presents for the girls. Our Christmas will be very humble, but I kinda like it that way. I don't think Christmas needs to be anything crazy.
I even went into my crawl space to get out our Christmas tree, nativity, and other decorations. In the past, I have had real gingerbread men on my tree, but I tossed them out after last Christmas. I didn't remember this until I opened the ornament box this afternoon. My tree was going to look really sad with only a few gold & maroon ornaments. Sooo...I went to Kmart and got some cute Martha Stewart decorations. My tree still won't be complete this year, since I plan to make a tree skirt for it in the future. I really like the colors, and think I can work with them long-term. The theme that my ornaments go with uses holly berries and pine cones. I figure I can also make some of that stuff on my own for cheaper than $2.24 each, so that's also on my to do list for the future. Of course, there were plenty more things I liked from the collection, but I can't have it all...Umm, yeah, I shouldn't even have been out buying these... But I've had fun today!
4 comments:
Sometimes a little splurge (like Christmas decorations) can go a long way into having a good day. I love decorating for Christmas, it always just makes me happy!
love it and love the other pictures of jenna in the suitcase. and that pot pie looks good.
I like your Christmas jar. What's in it? It's so much fun getting ready for Christmas isn't it?
Rach--In the jar, I have written (on wrapping paper) 25 different activities I can do with my girls or with our family to celebrate Christmas. The object is to draw one each day and then do it.
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