We are pretty much officially decorated! Everything pretty much found its place the weekend after Thanksgiving but we had put off decorating the tree as time was just not permitting until last night. I must say though I always think that there is something so lovely and simplistic about a lighted tree without the ornaments…then I put on the ornaments and think that it is even lovelier! After dinner last night we all helped decorate the tree and I must say that Miss Charis dearly loved each and every ornament that came out of the box. It was like a huge wonderful box of gems! She picked the branches that the ornaments went on although Brad and I did choose a few different branches for the more breakable ornaments. This was our decision after she found one of the large glass balls and started throwing it around on the carpet! She has pretty much settled on two favorite ornaments for now I believe. There is a little girl holding a cat on a swing that was mine when I was a little girl and she loves to go up and swing the ornament on the branch. We also have a little bird that Brad gave me one year for Christmas which Charis loves to kiss. It is pretty sweet! I think that she could spend the whole afternoon just looking at the ornaments. Each day after nap she wants to come downstairs and turn on the Christmas tree lights. It is so much fun to see the wonder and marvel in her eyes! It has been neat to use many of the decorations to share with her about Jesus and just why it is that we celebrate Christmas.