Because Christmas is always on the same date but Thanksgiving is not, the time in between the two is variable from year to year. This year it’s a little on the long side, which is nice! We started pulling down our Christmas decorations on Friday, and it feels good to have the house all festive!
James has found his absolute favorite ornaments. 
I told him to turn them around so I could see them, but he turned himself around instead. He’s so funny. They’re race cars, if you can’t tell from the back. He calls them “beautiful cars.” I love him so much!
Good times!
I tried very hard to get the house in shape before we brought down extra stuff from the attic, so it wouldn’t feel overwhelming. I did a pretty good job, I think. The house sure isn’t clean, but it’s not too crazy right now. :) I put away a few toys and tried to streamline some other clutter. We got most of our decking of the halls done yesterday and hope to be finished today. I want to get the empty tubs out of my living room at least. :) I don’t put up a ton of stuff, but there are a few things I just love to look at this time of year. Maybe I’ll do a post on my Christmas décor at some point. There are so many cute DIY things on Pinterest that someday I think I’ll go all out decorating. And someday=no toddlers in the house. :)
Along those lines, Matt’s dad has been helping Second Baptist Church set up their train displays, so we stopped by there today to take look!
Sweet Natalie posing by the tools:
James was IN HEAVEN!
He kept saying “here is comes!” as the trains went around and around.
So happy!
Aunt Mindy was there too, so the children were able to deliver their handmade birthday cards – yay!
While we there with all those pretty trees I had Mindy take our family picture.
This was the best one, and I like it!
It is HARD to get three children (and two adults) looking at the camera at the same time. Thanks Mindy!
Such a beautiful family!!!!
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