Decorating for Free

Does anyone need to attend meetings for obsessive decorating? 

Seriously, I think I could redecorate my house every 3 months or so. 

However, I'm pretty sure my bank account and my hubby might have a thing or two to say about that!

I put all my Christmas back away last night. I just wasn't in the mood anymore and wanted my house back to normal (whatever that is). When pulling out my normal decor this morning, I got the itch to move things around and give it a "fresh" touch. It feels like I have done something different, but I didn't spend a dime. 

Remember what it looked like before?

 

I didn't change just gobs, but it makes it "feel" different.

Imagination

Arilynn has really been discoverng her imagination! (I can't get over how smart this little gal is. She recognizes #'s 1-10 and counts them, says most of her ABC's and knows her colors! She must take after her Mommy..lol). She has a little tea set that came with silverware and plates. She's been "feeding" me with the spoon. I was a little disappointed to find out::

"MMMmmm...BEANS!!!!"

Does she not know her Mommy would rather have chocolate or cookies or something other than beans!!!

Joy

(Please excuse the rambling, I reference my blog when I forget. :) )

She is just that...Joy! I love her so much. She is constantly doing something to make me smile. She is in such a learning stage and it amazes me how much a 2 year old can comprehend. I think she's going to be a smartie, but that's just her Mommy speaking! :)
Her speech still needs lots of translating for those who aren't around her much, but I understand. I'm in no hurry to move her along, either. Her thing now is to pretend dumb when she thinks she might be in trouble. LOL! I ask her what she's doing and she always says, "What, huh?" over and over.
She loves to sing and play the piano and many times ask me to sit and play with her. She knows how to pray for her meal and sings Jesus Love Is Bubblin' Over, Joy Down in My Heart, Deep & Wide, I'm So Happy, ABC's, and she's been singing along with many Christmas songs. She knows Jingle Bell Rock the best! HA HA!
If you do something, even just playing around, she will remember it days down the road and repeat it. Keeps me on my toes to not teach her anything wrong!
She is definitely equally Daddy and Mommy's girl. This morning she woke up early scared and she wanted nothing to do with me. Apparently, she needed Daddy to protect her from a dream (which, btw, he got me shot in my dream b/c he decided to go chasing druggies...oh, the pregnancy dreams).
She is a social bug and loves to go to church. She plays shy with a lot of the grown ups, but loves the kids. She is always asking if someone is coming over.
God has blessed me with a special girl and I'm so glad He picked me to be her Mommy! 

Christmas Pictures

10!

Please excuse the having to stand on your head to watch this. I'm so used to my other camera automatically being converted on my computer that I recorded it up and down. However, I'm not figuring out how to rotate a video.

 

She can do this by herself, but the camera was throwing her off!

There's those sweater vases again. I was glad I made some white ones last time b/c they work well with Christmas. 

 

I use battery operated candles because ideally I'd rather not burn the house down.

I know you can't see her face and that'll drive some of you bananas, but I still thought it was cute!