12 Days of Christmas - Day 2 - Decorating!

Yesterday, we put up this Christmas tree that seems to be on its last legs, strung it up with not quite enough lights, and then placed Christmas ornaments in a very unbalanced way...  this somehow gives us one absolutely perfect tree!!!  I didn't take any pictures of the decorating process but I got AK to pose in front of the tree today for me.  Doesn't take much convincing to get this diva to strike a pose!

AK had a blast with the decorating...  she was in the thick of it all, from trying to get the tree together, to checking out the lights...  and she very carefully placed nearly every single ornament on the tree (hence the concentration of decorations near the bottom!).  She absolutely delighted in every single ornament...  we Skyped with Richard's parents as we decorated, and she very proudly showed off many of her favorite ornaments.  When we Skyped with my folks later, she was pulling over her very favorites to tell Grandma and Grandpa about them.  I really enjoyed her reactions as I myself love looking at the ornaments and reminiscing about them - perhaps where they came from, or who gave them to me.  It's a special process and I feel like AK is embracing that as well! 

We played some Christmas tunes and Richard and I enjoyed some "special" coffee in our Christmas mugs...  we got all the decorations sorted out and there is definitely a Christmas feel about our house!  I have to admit that I am struggling a wee bit with AK's propensity towards "undecorating", if she likes a decoration enough, she will take it down to play with but of course she's not quite grasped the concept of putting it back when she's done.  This just adds a whole 'nother element to cleaning up every day...  redecorating...  Christmas Cheer will come in handy during my cleaning stints ;)

Who put that cheeseball under the tree???