Christmas Decorations
Today, we put up the outside Christmas lights but will remember to label them better for next year. We put up the first strand of lights and when hooking up the second, we realized the stand was an indoor strand. This year when we take them down, I’ll mark them as house, yard, tree, or indoor so we don’t have that issue again. We did a few things last year that made this year much easier. Last year we discovered a no ladder light hanging kit last year which made putting up and taking down lights a snap. We plan to pick up some more of the plastic pieces this year as spares because we used every one that we bought last year. We used christmas storage light reels to store the lights when we took them down last year which made it very easy to put up the lights this year as the lights were untangled and rolled off smoothly. After Christmas this year, we’ll hit the clearance racks and pick up a few more light strands and storage reels.
I put up the stocking holders and will get the rest of the inside decorations out in a few days. I think the inside stuff might stay up a little longer because the boys are getting better at listening and not playing with stuff. I want to get some more hooks with adhesive strips of varied sizes to hang the inside stuff. I also need more hooks for the photo frames and art work that I want to put up on the walls. We used these types of hooks in the apartment and they work very well. I have some of the hooks but am out of the adhesive so I’ll pick up some more adhesive strips as well to pack away for next year.
We’ll get a live Christmas tree in a couple weeks. The boys found the ornaments and were ‘just looking’ earlier today. They have fond memories of each ornament and will tell you about each one in great detail. They have a special ornament for each Christmas they have celebrated. I’m not sure what ornament we’ll get each of them this year. Probably some sort of wrestling one for Little T but I’m not sure about what to get Drama King.
Speaking of ornaments, I’ve never written down who’s are who’s and for what years so I’ll do it now but I’ll have to update once I get the ornaments out later.
Little T’s Ornaments
- Baby’s First Christmas (2003)
- (2004)
- (2005)
- (2006)
- Guitar (2007)
- To be bought (2008)
Drama King’s Ornaments
- Baby’s First Christmas (2004)
- (2005)
- (2006)
- Scooby Doo (2007)
- To be bought (2008)
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