x-mas decorating [with a 1-year-old] :)

Before I even get to the Christmas decorating, look what my sweet Keatin brought home from preschool. When I showed it back to her and asked her what it was, she said "I made that turkey and I really love my mommy!" (Validation to me that she must have really said it and her teacher didn't just write it on there...right?) :) This is hanging on my kitchen cabinet...I just had to put it up. Daddy was a bit disgruntled when he saw the picture... :)


OK - Christmas decorating. :) Josh had to work all day on Black Friday and I was NOT going shopping with my 2 "helpers" in tow...so we just kind of hung around the house all day...which was fine since Keatin was still feeling under the weather from having the stomach flu while we were in Storm Lake for Thanksgiving. Yeah, not fun at all.

Decorating for Christmas takes on a whole new meaning when you have an almost one year old around/"helping." I honestly didn't even know if we should put the trees up this year, but Josh called me a Grinch and told me we were putting them up. :) And so we did! I convinced Keatin to get off the couch and help me hang up only unbreakable ornaments on the tree.

At first, Will was just sitting on the floor playing with the tubs of Christmas items...but once I turned the lights on, he was VERY interested in the tree. :) It is close enough to a chair in our living room that he can balance himself on the chair and still "investigate" the tree.


Once we had the tree up, it was time to try for a cute picture...I don't think we did too bad!!!




Hmmm...until we tried the solo cute pictures...this is what I got from Will. (I know, I know - so wrong, but makes me laugh so hard.) :)

Here is a good one!

Back to the dilemma of decorating with a one year old who pulls EVERYTHING off shelves and tables that he can reach...where to put the Christmas stockings when you don't have a fireplace mantel to put them on??? How about really high up??? Like in a doorway!!


We also got the tree put up in our basement, so the Barber residence is officially bursting with Christmas cheer! :)

And just because it was cute...her is a short video of my dancing boy. :)