My Favorite Time of Year is Here...

It's not quite December 1st...but you wouldn't know it around our house. We actually have lights on our house this year (it's a first) and I'm looking at our decorated tree with presents under it...Allie helped decorate the tree and I tried to stop myself from making her put the not so cute ornaments that she picked out on the back so they wouldn't be seen by visitors...Julia wasn't interested in decorating...but she had a great time throwing one of the ornament balls around the living room...it's okay, it's one of the not so cute ornaments :) Now our greatest challenge is getting a decent xmas photo...why can't a 3 year old and an 18 month old just sit still and smile at the same time? it seems to be an impossible task...