Decking Our Halls

We have been working on putting up our Christmas decorations for the past couple of days. Don turned the outside of our house in to a truly bright and festive display. The boys delight in it and Don takes pride in it... fun for all. Don used to be somewhat of a Christmas scrooge but has really gotten into the spirit the past 5 years or so. And he has been more excited about putting up the decorations than I this year.

Last night, Don rearranged the furniture so he could squeeze a Christmas tree into our home. And today we decorated it. We put up a lot of ornaments during Samuel's morning nap but saved some for him to put on the tree as well. At one point, I stood him up on a child's chair so he could hang an ornament a little higher and that's when I snapped this video and a few photos too. He was fascinated with all the ornaments especially the ball shaped ones (he's a bit obsessive over balls or anything circular for that matter). So, I had told him to not touch and he threw a little fit which I happened to catch on video complete with Benjamin saying he will "punch him"... not sure exactly what that was about except that he and Daddy have been playing boxing on our new Wii game system. hmm.

Benjamin has totally been enjoying all the Christmas spirit. He's been so thrilled with the lights, ornaments... everything actually. It's so great sharing Christmastime with children. While we were decorating the tree today he asked if he could hang the star. So, he was so excited when Daddy and he got to do just that. If you look at these photos and notice a conglomeration of ornaments in certain spots... that's a four year old's handy work but boy did I enjoy those extra helping hands!