Gnome for Christmas

How thrilled Madison was today when she saw her pink Christmas tree out on the landing, just outside her room. You can see it from down below too - but the view is best from upstairs. Mommy and Daddy helped her out, getting her all the decorations for the tree. She was so excited about doing this - we had our Christmas music playing in the house, and Madison was quite insistent that we all wear our Christmas hats.

Madison's hat stayed pointed straight up though, making her look like a little gnome. It didn't matter - she was merrily in the mood to decorate her tree.

One problem though: we didn't have any hooks. Somehow in the move, we misplaced the hooks! So we all piled into the car with our Christmas hats on, and went to Target. Of course, we can't just get hooks while at Target: we found some great new Christmas movies for Madison, including "Angelina Ballerina: The Nutcracker Sweet."

Attempt #2

We returned home and immediately set out to decorate the tree. It was a magical time, helping her decorate - or sometimes simply watching as she got so much into making sure every ornament was properly placed. This year, we got Disney Princess ornaments from Disney World. These gave her a huge smile when she saw them again. The other big smile came when she saw Tinker Bell, who you can see perched at the top of her tree. Later on, we'll add some plush animals around the tree and sort of dress things up further. In fact, some of Santa's gifts will be there waiting for her on Christmas morning - with the rest to be found beneath the tree we're setting up downstairs. We haven't finished with that one yet, but the house is starting to look very festive. Just look at Madison's expression above and you'll see that she agrees!