day sixteen.......

tree decorating day......

BIG tradition in our house.....

it has to be accompanied by the 

Christmas Crooners playing on the CD player

whilst I take lots of photos and get amazed 

at how much the children have grown in a year.....

now it not only looks a lot like Christmas

but it smells a lot like Christmas too....

{now the cats are going ballistic knocking decorations off the 

tree and in the process knocking lots of needles onto the  floor......

ah, the joys of a real Christmas tree........}