Their Room Trees

With a weekend open to do whatever our hearts desired, the Christmas decorations found their way upstairs!! I have never put up a tree before Thanksgiving, but since we are hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year, I thought why not! It's a slow process, but the trees are coming together.

Jack & Maddie have so many decorations to choose from for their trees they put in their rooms. I have to admit, I'm not from a family who gave sentimental ornaments. I remember our tree was always real, but never went up before mid December..either with bows or balls all over it & silver tinsel, of course.. When I became a teacher, I realized people like to give you ornaments. Then when I became a wife, more ornaments. Next, as a mother, the kids have those special ornaments they received as babies. I love looking at all of them.. "Baby's 1st Christmas," homemade gingerbread men from preschool with their beautiful little baby faces. It's hard to get past the reminisicing when the holidays roll around. I'm glad we have these ornaments to get excited about. I love watching their excitement sorting them out & looking for their favorite ones. John even has lots of ornaments from his childhood. Our tree is a hodgepodge of all of our years here together & apart.

Here's a look at their "room trees." Jack has a metal tree, that he decided to put colored lights on & load up with all his favorite ornaments. Maddie has a purple tinsel tree that she has claimed as her "book tree." The girl does love books & I smile everytime I walk by their rooms seeing these special sparkles:)