'Tis the Season

I love this time of the year, when we begin preparing for the Christmas season. Where we live, there are no overt signs of Christmas. It is kind of an odd feeling, but it makes the meaning of Christmas even more special to me. Admittedly, we have had our tree and some decorations up since the day before Thanksgiving :). Here are the boys helping decorate the tree.

And you can guess what happened next…

We cleaned up and moved on.

Our tree is top-heavy with breakable ornaments, but there are plenty for the boys to play with down low, and in the middle too!

 We enjoyed putting some of our holiday favorites on display.

 And this year we got an Advent calendar to count down the days till Christmas.

Stockings are hung.

And some accents are out and about around the house. Christmas movie watching is in full effect. Tonight we watched Polar Express for the first time, and the boys loved it!

I love walking into our decorated home during this time of year. Feeling thankful for the start of this season, and enjoying spending evenings together in our cozy home.