We decorated for Christmas today.  Yes, I realize there is some controversy about decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving, but...whatever.  Thanksgiving is tomorrow, I'm pregnant, and Mama's tired and cranky most of the time.  Therefore, she get to do what she wants when she wants.

My little boy was super excited.  (After being married to a holiday curmudgeon for 9 years, it's so nice to have someone to share my holiday excitement!)

We started our morning with hot cocoa,

Because drinking cocoa through a straw in dinosaur footie pajamas is the only way to truly prepare for a day of Christmas decorating.

Then we convinced Dad to get up and haul in the Christmas tree and tubs of assorted decor.  This took a little coaxing, but somehow three-year-olds are much more convincing than whiny wives...who knew?

Getting out old Christmas decorations is so much more magical when done with a preschooler!

*That's the curmudgeon in the back ground there. Eli even manages to suck him in to our holiday excitement.

My decorator knew exactly where each ornament should go...in a clump on the left side of the tree about three feet off the floor.  Our tree has never looked  more beautiful.

Particularly the angel on top.