a very toddler Christmas

It's getting festive up in here! It's been fun to have a house to decorate this year, even though we took a small, college student apartment worth of decorations and stretched it to a (well, still small) house. I'm being such a good girl and waiting for some after-Christmas specials to invest in our holiday future. So, the decorations are currently not just humble, they're also toddler friendly, which means:

* the ornaments have migrated higher and higher up the tree
* the glass ornament balls, which got broken into, and then actually broken (just one, thankfully) within 3 minutes of getting out the Christmas boxes, went right back on the garage shelves (the boy sees a ball, he wants to throw it-- I get that)

* the wooden advent tree that I thought would be perfect for the kids, with tiny ornaments to take out and hang on the little tree, also had to be put away after a piece or two got broken

* we didn't even try with the nativity sets-- still in the garage
* there will be no presents under the tree until Christmas Eve, after bedtime

No worries though. We've had festiveness fill our home. Some of my favorite things about this Christmas:

* our first real Christmas tree - no more pre-lit 4-footer from Big Lots
* our first time hanging lights outside! Oh what fun.
* Christmas music on Pandora - the classical station is nice when the others get repetitive (although I must say I have not heard "Last Christmas" by WHAM! enough this year)
* Christmas cards from friends - sometimes I keep these up all year, I love them so
* how it's all brand new to the little ones

We went to pick out our Christmas tree, and the kids just wanted to play in the buckets of water.
We were their first customers of the year-- they were still unloading trees from their truck.

There's a tree on our roof!

(Isaac was not so impressed.) 

This guy got some more water playtime when we got home. In fact, he made an amazing discovery: that hose fits perfectly in his front pocket (the one his thumb is in). It's especially fun when the water's running.
Try it. Better yet, let your toddler try it.

Our tree.

Decorations are top heavy but toddler friendly.

Current favorite ornament: paying homage to the A train.

Our little house.

Merry Christmas!