I was very excited when it turned out that the 1st of December was a Saturday this year and that we had nothing on so we could put up the Christmas Tree and decorate the house. It is actually amazing that when you start at 6:30am as you have been up since 5:45am that you can be finished by lunch time.

We had a nice time decorating the tree with all our special ornaments. Andrew & I have a ball with our name on it and then both girls have a special 'Baby's 1st Christmas' and the a ball for every year since they were born. I have also bought a special ornament each year since mum died in memory of her, so we have a candy cane, Venetian blow glass angel from Venice, Christmas tree and a wreath candle. There are also some special little ones that we have picked up over the years. As Miss Philippa is at that age we are back to caging the tree in...

Then we attacked the walls and door frames with tinsel, balls and the staple gun!!! (best thing every invented for putting up decorations)

And of course the lights, however due to the constant rain we have not done outside this year but the front window looks very pretty.

Even though we are tired and how totally unmovitavted I am, I still love this time of year and now understand why mum loved it so much too.

Christmas through kids eyes is just precious.....