It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around our house!

I put up the Christmas tree a week before Thanksgiving.  I wanted to enjoy it a little bit longer this year. Of course all of the ornaments are from the reach of little hands up. Ha!

I improvised with the stockings this year, I hung them from the curtain rod in the living room, because Owen continued to pull them down off of the mantel.

Our Elf On the Shelf {Buddy} arrived the day after Thanksgiving.

This year we started a new tradition.  My mom made keys {one for each child} for Santa.  We will put them outside just in case he can’t make it down the chimney.  When he is finished with them he can hang them on our Christmas tree.

We love CHRISTmas time!!!