Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! We had a very nice first Christmas in our new home. :-) It was a special time for our little family after being apart for Christmas last year, separated by the ocean!
We didn't get a white Christmas, but we did get some snow flakes the Thursday before Christmas, so we were happy with that. :-)
After Christmas time is over, there are still about 3 months of Winter left. So, since Spring is much too far away to decorate for yet, I wanted to have a few Winterish decorations left around the house after taking down all the specifically "Christmas" stuff.
I added this berry garland to the fireplace, and I really like it there.
To ease the pain of all the Christmas cheer being taken away, Nathanael and I decorated the white tree for Valentine's Day this year! We have never done this before, but I think it is really cute. We found a couple packages of Valentine's heart ornaments at Hobby Lobby, so I guess some other people must do it, too. Ha
I really love this snowy looking wreath on our back door, and it is a perfect example of how some Christmas decor can double as just Winter decor.
I like to have a few lights around the house all year, such as in this tree in the corner of our reading room, by my desk. :-)
Happy Winter decorating! ;-)
The boys began to have a blast with it from the minute I started putting it together. ha
I think it will take them quite a while to get all the coloring done. Which is good. ;-) I had to keep myself from supervising the coloring too much, and hindering their imperfect creativity. Ha
Too cute, don't you think? Teddy thought so, too. He was my shopping companion. He kept saying "Cute, Mama!" about everything we looked at. Haha
And although it wasn't piggie themed, I bought this pink wire whisk, too. My old wire whisk has a broken wire, so it was time to replace it.
~ Jessica~
Teddy is teasing Priscilla with her toy in the above picture. ;-)
I really love this snowy looking wreath on our back door, and it is a perfect example of how some Christmas decor can double as just Winter decor.
Happy Winter decorating! ;-)
The bottle brush tree was another TJMaxx find. ;-)
Nathanael loves this little snow man who is counting down the days with him. :-)
Cardinals seem to be a theme on our "real" tree this year, which is appropriate, since there are real cardinals in our our yard and at our feeder all the time. :-) Such pretty, Christmasy looking birds!
Welcome to our home, where Christmas has definitely arrived! :-)
I love these vintage style Christmas houses, and I looked online everywhere trying to find a good price. Then, I went to TJMaxx, and happened to see these ones for $12.99 each! And they are much bigger than the ones that cost way more. I think that store is one of my new favorites. I found some cute vintage looking ornaments there, too. :-)They are glass, however, so one has already been broken by a certain little 2 year old....
I couldn't get a great shot of this wreath, on the inside of our back door, but it is actually one of my favorite Christmas decorations this year. So Wintery!
Some little Christmas touches in the Kitchen. :-)
I love my little, white "shabby chic" tree. :-)
Heading downstairs, this is the view from the lower level. We have a split entry, so you can see all the way up to the big tree from down in the family room.
"Silver bells, silver bells..."
I found this little tree at a thrift store. It is pre-lit, and I put most of our red ornaments, and a lot of the boys' cute little toy type ornaments on it. :-)
Our Christmas village. The new addition this year was a fire station, Nathananael's choice. ;-)
This is the front porch entry at night. I tried to take a picture with the flash off first, but the picture was too dark. ha
