Wednesday, December 3, 2008

christmas decorating

i bought a tree today, but we don't have a stand yet, so it is sitting out in our backyard. since i was itching to do some kind of christmas decorating, i got out everything else and put it up.

the stockings were hung by the chimney with care:



but then madeleine pulled one of them down with its heavy stand and almost killed herself, so now they are hanging on our bookshelf:



this makes me pretty sad.



so i put up a few other little safer stocking as replacements. as you can tell from the whiteboard that is barricaded by a piano bench to keep madeleine from pulling down the extremely heavy, extremely loose, fireplace grate, our fireplace has other safety issues as well.



this is our "entry way table." i put out all of our christmas books and a candy dish. it already needs to be topped off.



my christmas quilt is prominently displayed on the couch below my advent calendar,



and even the piano has a little decoration.

2 comments:

Diane said...

The place looks great! I would never have dreamed Madeleine would pull down the stockings - any permanent scars?

debby said...

no, fortunately it missed her. but barely. also, i forgot to mention, our christmas pillowcases are on our pillows too.