Decorating the House

Andy went hunting on Wednesday but came home Friday so we could spend at least one full weekend in the month of November together! After breakfast we decided to tackle decorating the house in preparation for Christmas.

After selecting a bunch of Christmas CDs to put us the Christmas spirit (after all, Christmas Eve is only a month away), we spent about 5 hours today preparing the house for Christmas.

Step #1: haul all 7 rubbermaid tubs upstairs and the tree;

Step #2: assemble tree;

Step #3: vacuum "fake snow" debris; return empty tree box to basement;

Step #4: apply greenery to banister; fix faulty lights and restring onto greenery; apply swag;

Step #5: put lights on tree;

Step #6: vacuum "fake snow" debris;

Step #7: apply swag to fireplace;

Step #8: unpack snowman collection;

Step #9: assemble snowmen in pleasing groups on fireplace bookcase;

Step #10: return rubbermaid tubs to basement.

Step #11: decorate wreath on front door;

Step #12: one last vacuum paying special attention to staircase to clean up greenery bits.

Step #13: relax!

While we set up the tree - I only went as far as to put on the lights. Price family tradition dictates "no grown ups allowed to decorate the tree", a tradition that our adult children enforce. While I decorated the banister with greenery, lights and sparkly swag Andy took on the task of arranging the snowman collection in the family room. He did an awesome job! He "mixed things up" this year by putting lights under some of the glass snowmen with glowing results.

Tomorrow afternoon the "kids" will decorate the tree.