It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I've been waiting for this since April! 

I didn't do much decorating for Christmas last year, because we were in the middle of showing our old house for potential buyers.  So, it's been two years and I'm VERY excited to re-discover all the fun decorations, & find places for everything in the new house!

This past weekend, I worked on the front porch:


I took in the wicker furniture for the winter, and brought out our sled & ice skates.

I love the little black pair that are hanging from the top of the sled.  They're the old double blade training skates, and just fit my 3 year old!  Can't wait for some ice!







I moved the wrought iron cafe set over to the one side of the porch- it just looked so empty over there!

Since we have a lot of landscaping to do, we decided to get a little live tree for the porch that we can plant somewhere in the yard after the holidays.  I wanted to do the same for the inside tree, but my 6 year old revolted against me on it- and I caved!

Good tip from Mike's mom- dig the hole for the tree now, before the ground freezes... otherwise we might have a big problem trying to get it planted in January!

I went with a simple wreath for the door, and hung a curtain with a little red trim.  Our usual crocheted curtain looked too busy with the wreath.

And check out this little guy --->

My brother's girlfriend made it for us a few years ago out of a patio paver.  Cute, right?

The inside decorating is going a bit slower.  Everything is down from the attic- but I keep moving stuff around, trying to find the perfect spot for things! 

We'll be putting up the living room tree this weekend- I can't wait!

Update:  See the inside decorations here