The North Pole Has Nothing On My Mother... (A Christmas Decorator's Dream)

So I think it is safe to say that my mother goes a bit extreme while decorating especially at Christmas. It can take us anywhere from a few days to a week to complete her living area. It is absolutely beautiful and I personally think we should just start charging admission LOL! I decided I should definitely share some pictures because something of this magnitude should never go unnoticed. At almost every "station" she has a color theme and Nativity.  I hope you all enjoy! 

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The Blue Snowman Theme

The Green Area 

 
  

The Christmas Mantle

The Rocking Horse or The Wanna-be Rudolph as we call him.

The Maroon and Burgandy Nativity Scene

A Close-Up

The Purple Nativity Scene

Part of the counter 

The Red and Gold Area with Large Black Nativity Scene

The Gold Area (yeah sorry thats me!)

More of the Counter

Coffee Table Center Piece

Dining Area

The bar Counter

The windows with all the stocking that won't fit around the fireplace

Her Polar Express Train Scene in the Window

                          

                          The Outdoor Lights

Well I hope you all enjoyed the show! Big shout out to my momma for being so awesome! 

They Grow So Fast

I was feeling a bit nostalgic today and created this! I wrote this poem a few years ago for my kids. On a piece of paper I put their hand print and their picture then wrote this poem on it. I cannot believe how quickly they are growing up and it saddens me that they won't be little anymore. Heck I still call them my babies and they are going on 5 and 7 years old. It does help though when they tell me sweet little things like "I will love you forever Mommy" and "You are my perfect Mommy" they are always there to say something sweet just when I need it the most. I look at this poem frequently to remind me that even though I may feel frustrated with them at times, they are getting bigger and one day I will miss this time in my life when my kids always needed me. 

♫ Christmas Time Is Here ♫

Hello All! This is my absolute favorite time of the year. It is so exciting. Family and friends with so much love to go around...ok I know I sound like a hippy but that just fine and dandy with me! This past weekend I had the pleasure of having my niece and nephew over for a sleepover while their parents (my sister and her husband) and my husband helped them move. They recently purchased a home so on top of their already overworked lives they are throwing in a move too! Anyway, my children get so excited to spend time with their cousins and I am always so happy to spend time with them. So we all decided to start decorating for Christmas. We put together our tree (I cannot do the real trees because my ENTIRE family and I are allergic!) and strung up lights. As I started to get my ornaments together I realized that I am missing an entire box :(    See I told you-- something ALWAYS goes a bit wrong. I am missing bulbs and ribbons and I am pretty sure a strand of lights are gone too. Unfortunately this month is always extremely tight with us. We have Christian and Malachi's birthday (December 21st) my birthday (December 22nd) and of course, Christmas for 3 children.  So obviously going out and buying some new decorations is out of the question. But at this point my tree looked ridiculously empty. Think Christina, Think. I got it! Pine cones! We have them everywhere! So I went out to the yard and snagged up about 2 dozen pretty ones and grabbed a bit of string. I hung them and I LOVE them! I go with a Gold, Cream, and Silver theme on my tree (with white lights of course) and the homemade Pine cone ornaments made it look very chic. I may wind up dipping some of them in a bit of glue and applying some glitter as well just to make it sparkly! I am overall very happy with how it turned out and hopefully my other box of Christmas Decor shows up (fingers crossed please!)

Pine cone + String= Ornament!

      Later on in the day we played outside, rode bikes, watched Jumanji (which they all loved) and enjoyed tacos for dinner. After dinner we all went out on a walk to see all of the beautifully decorated houses. The kids all enjoyed sharing which lights were their favorites and it reminded me of driving around in the car looking at Christmas lights with my family when I was a little girl. I just love this time of year. It is so magical!!!!  

Rather Pretty!