Christmas Decorating Begins

The Halloween decorations came down recently...

See Wren with her cluster of ghosts that she had a hard time saying good-bye to..

She read to Ellie when Ellie was sick and could only sit and watch..

Sick Ellie..

Healthy Ellie!

She has cut her two bottom teeth and it looks as though her two top ones are charging through. 

We baked gingerbread upon Wren's request. (And froze most to save it for Christmas....little does she know.)

I had to show this specific gingerbread that Wren decorated. 

The best part of all of this is Kenton's amazing idea for a "fireplace" this year. We've already been reading some Christmas books with the girlies and he realized that a lot of them talked about chimneys and fireplaces for Santa to come in. 

He wanted Wren to have one too, so he pulled out the huge brown paper roll we had in the basement and drew out a fireplace (complete with detailed wooden mantel, haha) and we all painted it together. As soon as I get the girls their own stockings (and perhaps Kenton and new one, we have his stocking from when he was a kid! That's almost 30 years old!) 

We still have some tree decor to make (I'm thinking yarn balls as ornaments) but there are already some chinese lanterns up and the bottom of the tree is full of old decorations from years past. 

More to come on this, I'm sure ;)