It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas! Well kinda. Due to the fact that we’re tearing up each room on a regular basis to finish projects, Christmas hasn’t really hit us yet. I’ve literally decorated and re-fluffed the trees three separate times because we had to move them and then half the ornaments fall off. I seriously thought about not even bothering to decorate this year with all the chaos, but I’m glad we’re finally getting into the Christmas spirit.

A few weekends ago, I convinced Drew (aka Scrooge when it comes to Christmas decor) to hang Christmas lights outside. The conditions were, 1. I had to help, 2. Get free lights and clips from my parents, and 3. It had to be nice outside – a lot to ask for in December. But thanks to my parents and the random 55 degree day, his wishes came true and we hung them up on the front of our house. It makes me soo excited driving up to our house and seeing it all lite up – so pretty!

The weekend before, I took it upon myself to get the trees up (yes, three of them), add a little decor on the mantle, and a wreath on our door. PS have you seen Target’s Christmas home decor section – I basically wanted it all, but I had self-control and only got the two sweater Christmas tree cones… and a ceramic reindeer….and a snowball/jingle bell wreath… and 4 sweater stars to hang on our fireplace, sparkly pillows (I plan to use those year-round)…. oh and a “W” ornament to add to the tree. PS only available in stores.To finish out our two Christmas themed weekends, we made our traditional cookies spelling out “Merry Christmas 2012” – along with those hershey-kiss-pretzel-m&m things. See our Christmas baking day for 2010 and 2011. Yum! We tried out icing the cookies this year versus frosting them – we thought it would look nicer, however we should have practiced all year. Never the less, they taste the same! PS listening to Michael Buble’s Christmas album will really get you into the Christmas spirit. I always forget his voice. is. soo. good.

Christmas wouldn’t be complete without a cat-reindeer and a baby-niece-elf too. Merry Christmas! What Christmas traditions do you and your family have?