one thing down...

Let me explain a few things here. First of all, I realize these pictures are less than fabulous. I don't care. Actually, I do, but I'm trying not to. I know...Margaret's face is REALLY chapped. I'm working on it. She's still pretty cute. On to the tree. We are not a themed tree sort of family. I think Dave's family may have been. Mine wasn't. My mom had all sorts of ornaments on our tree. Old ones from my grandparents, junky ones we'd made at school, lots and lots of ornaments. The tree was really full. I loved it so much. As you can see, ours is pretty random too. I like it that way. I DON'T like it against the banister, but until I can be sure Margaret won't climb up on the couch and topple to her death over the railing, it will have to do. I also don't like my banister, but that's another post for another day. We had to leave the bottom 2 rows of branches off the tree so it didn't hog up the entire room.

All that aside...I love our tree. I have the lights on all the time. I actually got mad at Dave last year one night when he turned them off. I explained that when I am making my nightly trip to the bathroom, I love to see the glow. I LOVE the glow. Not much can make me happier than all the lights out, watching a movie or listening to music, by the glow of the tree. I also love how excited my children get about decorating it. They are SO happy! They gab and laugh and giggle about each ornament. They all have a story, you see. So, it's not perfect, but for us...it's pretty darn close.

*Yep...Margaret is in her Halloween costume from last year. Whatever floats her boat. And don't even get me started on our nasty chandelier.