Holiday Stuff

Hi friends! It's been a while. Holiday stuff has kept me away. Here are some snapshots of our first tree shopping trip and some Christmas decor.

I tried to keep things simple and to not spend too much. The wreath (and table tree, which isn't pictured) are made of the most beautiful dyed wood. We got it as a gift from G's parents a couple years ago. The garland I made MYSELF from cuttings off a pine tree from the yard.

Wooden wreath: a gift from G's parents a couple years ago

pine garland I made from cuttings from a tree in our yard

As for our first real Christmas tree, we opted for a small tree after seeing our neighbor's Charlie Brown style Christmas tree. I think I like its diminutive size. Kind of like Mr. Delicious: Little tree for a little boy.

Delicious' first tree shopping experience

only $35 (it's a small tree)

keeping it simple: little tree for a little boy

Speaking of our little boy, we took him to the historic general store in town (bonus that we could avoid the mall) to visit Santa for the first time. He was terrified. Stranger danger, indeed!

waiting in line at the old general store for Santa

with Santa's helper

stranger danger!

not happy

Last week, we hosted a holiday happy hour with our neighbors and went to our first neighborhood party.Very nice.



We also sent out our Christmas cards. I used tinyprints and added photos from Father's Day (that Felicia and Rob shot in the alley near our old place in the city) and a couple that our friend, Graham, took after Delicious' birthday party a couple weeks ago. The rest I took myself. A short brief message on the back reads: "Big things in 2011: We moved from the city to a house we built in the burbs...where Delicious turned ONE!" I anticipate the notes will get longer as the years go on. But like many things this first year, we wanted to keep it very simple.

Hope you all are enjoying the season!