o'christmas tree

we got our tree up yesterday, but didnt get a chance to decorate it until today. it has been killing little miss that we didnt have it up and decorated already. she had a blast getting out all of the ornaments and putting them up on the tree. and i love that we have such a collection of different ornaments. i mean, i think the trees that have all of the same ornament and color schemes and stuff are cool, but thats just not us. i love the fact that we have beer ornaments, cartoon character ornaments, and even a few ornaments that i had when i was little. to me its a cool collection and i can even tell you who gave us which ornament. and what makes it even more fun is that every year we add new ones. each year my brothers and sister and i exchange ornaments instead of presents. it saves us money and its just become a fun tradition. so we have a very eclectic mix of ornaments to say the least :)

little miss loved picking out the ones she knew -the care bears, sponge bob, and those type of ornaments and putting the on the tree, but had just as much from putting on what we had left of the plain colored ornaments that josh and i got our first christmas together. i say whats left because our cat ezra used to have so much fun playing with the ones that fell off, and they tended to get broken :) alexi has never really cared one way or the other so its never been a big deal with her :) and while in the spirit of things, josh went ahead and put the outside lights up too. little miss helped some, but she was more excited about playing on sidewalk in front of the house :)

we also set down and she wrote out her letter to santa...its so cute! i wrote it out on a separate piece of paper first so that she would have everything spelled out for her, but she wrote the letter (and decorated it) all on her own "dear santa, i would like a walking puppy. love sara" so proud of her!