Well, I guess my wish to get blogging once a week was a bit ambitious for our first semester of homeschooling. Oh well, one can dream of being more productive.
I made some changes to our home & homeschool room, ill post those soon,I know...surprise, surprise! If I haven't said before, my husband jokes he could never go blind...I change the house around too much.
We decided to add blue this year for Christmas.So some blue ornaments from Wal-Mart, blue pillows from Home Goods, & blue sheets from Sam's Club and the house was finished. The new sheets were long overdue and WOW they are soft!! We love the blue accents. I made the new stockings with a hot glue gun. They are
FAR from perfect...but, we like them! There are 5 of them, the 5th one is shared by Mr. Darby the dog, Miss Scarlett the cat and the Misses Cookie & Fluffball the guinea pigs.
Landen wanted the tree to have the train going around it this year. Hard to keep straight with a cat attacking it...but it is fun!
You may notice the formal dining room painting is from the dinette. I moved it there to add more blue and we like it there. The dinette I had a painting upstairs in the guest room I had grown less fond of;but, loved the frame. I carefully removed it from the frame and painted the back board with chalkboard paint. Then added it to our dinette. Funny how a little "switcheroo" makes such a difference.
Our new addition at Thanksgiving 2 year old almost 3, Mr. Darby...notice he likes the same view Miss Bridgette did. We sure love having him in our family!
Now don't laugh at my stockings...they are not perfect by any means, but they work well. They were a blue pinstriped fabric and burlap from Wal-Mart.
Mr. Darby's bed and "lovie". I had this fabric from Landen's, my youngest's, nursery bedding. I kept it...it was just too cute! It has rabbits, fox, geese, etc. dressed as humans. He loves the stuffed bunny and chews on it to fall asleep and most of the time it is still in his mouth when he's asleep.
This time it was the pillow....LOL!
Our Jester keeps watch over our Holiday cocktails. I bought myself some Southern Sippers, mason jars on a stem, they keep us laughing with every sip!
My Nutcracker Baker...Love him!
My new Nativity scene. My old one somehow lost a wiseman and a shepherd lots it's head...not very Holy is it? So I went on the hunt and found this in downtown Grapevine at Holy Grounds a coffee and Christian gift shop. So sweet and perfect edition to our home.
I had to include my boys working on their gingerbread house....practically in their pajamas. But, isn't that part of the holidays?
And our neighborhood S'mores Party! Even Mr. Darby had to join...even if it was just to lounge by the fire. A fleeting glimpse of my husband...he's always at work. But, I don't complain when I get to stay at home with our boys and now homeschool them.
This is one reason the Holiday's in Texas are neat..60's aren't bad when you want to play outside. I do miss my childhood Colorado & Montana winters though.
Our Christmas picture of the boys & Mr. Darby~
Mr. Darby listening to the piano play...I know...could he be any cuter?? Can you tell we adore him?
Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday's & Happy Decorating to You All!
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