Decorating Mental Block

I thought it would be wise to start decorating the house on Thanksgiving morning (for Christmas), but I had a real issue taking down pumpkins and the fall-themed decor on Thanksgiving. Not because it's a holiday and I didn't want to work on decorating, but because it felt really off to take it down on the day of the last "fall holiday". So, I made the decision to push it off one day, and do that on Friday morning, and then decorate the tree in the afternoon.

It's a weird mental block, but I've identified it and can plan better for the future. So, we enjoyed the cozy oranges and golds for one more day, and let the reds and greens take over on Friday! G helped me decorate the house in the morning (outdoor décor is up, minus the lights), and then my mom came over and threaded the ornament hooks, while I distributed the ornaments, and Ava and G put them on the tree. It was a great assembly line that we had going and were able to complete it in just a little over an hour! We have SO many ornaments that I had to recruit our front porch tree to now be the kids' inside Christmas tree on the landing outside of G's door. They picked out their fave ornaments (15 each) and hung them + the leftover candy canes. It's pretty darn cute! We don't have an outlet nearby, so it doesn't have any lights on it, but I think that's ok!

I love our lights...we can choose colors, or warm whites, or a nice transition between them both!

Kid's tree

All the Christmas decorating aside...it's been a pretty nice, long holiday weekend. We celebrated Thanksgiving at Deb's house. The four of us, plus Pria, Deb, my parents, and Scott's brother Tim, were in attendance. It was low-key and filled with really wonderful food, and the chance to be thankful for the love we have in our lives.

Thankful for G moving onto his purple belt! He broke boards this week and finished up the last step for his green belt.

Scott's started to work on Ava's Pilot, and I'm going to brave a Target run on Saturday afternoon. Ava is going to hang out with Aaron, and G will get to have the run of the house for a bit, while Scott and I go out for dinner at a (new-to-us) restaurant in Lakeville on Saturday night. I wonder what it would take to have four-day weekends, all of the time??

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