I love visiting other people's homes around Christmastime and seeing their houses all decked out for Christmas. It is always a joy to see how different people decorate for Christmas. If you are as nosy as me, you will enjoy this super long post with a ton of pictures of our house all done up for Christmas. Grab some hot chocolate, put on your favorite Christmas song and take a little tour of the Teach and Tickle home this Christmas...
the tree
(we have a small living room, so this skinny tree works really well without taking up too much space)
close up of a few ornaments
the fireplace and stockings
the girl stockings
the boy stockings
the scent of our home this season
(Yankee Candle - Sparkling Cinnamon)
the advent house and ornament tree
a few of the new ornaments for our advent tradition this year
(This one is a treasure chest. I found it at Michael's in the jewelry department and made it into an ornament. We used the passage that talks about "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" and talked with the kids about the true treasure of Christmas being Jesus, not presents)
star, sheep, paints and gingerbread house ornaments that all correspond to our Advent tradition
the three wise men
this Charlie Brown Christmas tree is new to our house this year
(We found it at Atwoods, in case you are wondering. We LOVE LOVE LOVE it!)
the tree is new this year, but these have been around our house since before we had kids
(It just goes to show you how much we love A Charlie Brown Christmas.)
this is our entryway
these are the cheap ornaments I hung on the mirror with ribbon
(Sorry for the poor picture quality.)
also in the entryway - mini mittens :)
our nativity
the kids nativity
(in their bathroom)
Hannah's tree
Hannah's favorite ornament
Jonah's tree
Jonah's favorite ornament
my Christmas card holder
As of Dec 15th (when I am writing), we have a total of 5 Christmas cards. Two of those five don't count because one came from Joey's eye doctor and another from an organization we support. That means we have only received three official Christmas cards. I might have just talked myself into being depressed. Please send me a Christmas card. I'll be your best friend.
a few of our favorite books during this season
the exterior of our home
(This is Joey's job each year and he does a wonderful job of making our home look so festive and warm. I feel like I live in a gingerbread house all month long.)
he even decorated our backyard tree this year
That's a little peek into our home this season. Hope you enjoyed the visit.
Merry Christmas
11 comments:
Love it all!
You do such a good job at decorating, but most importantly focussing on Jesus in your Christmas traditions, which will speak volumes to Jonah and Hannah.
I love the Charlie Brown tree!
So cute! Ryan was just remarking yesterday that we have the ugliest tree in the world. All of the ornaments are in one central location because the cats and kids love to redecorate. We thought it was that way for everyone with small kids but evidently not! That's okay though, we still enjoy it even if it's not blogworthy!
P.S. I really wanted to send a picture with our Christmas cards this year and when I read that you love them as well as letters, I wholeheartedly agree. Hopefully next year I will be more on the ball!
Did you get a new camera? Those are great shots! Love the fireplace shot especially. Great picture quality!!
Your decorations are so pretty!
So pretty!! I love it all! I especially love your Charlie Tree. Haha, it just made me giggle. So sweet.
So beautiful! Your tree is so pretty. I adore the Charlie Brown tree. Where did you get it? Thanks so much for sharing your lovely Christmas home!
Love it all. Especially your fireplace. And the kids trees are adorable! We just got one of the books you showed this year, little one loves it.
So very pretty! I love the nativities!
Merry Christmas!
I love it. It is so cute. My favorites are of course the Charlie Brown Tree and the Veggie Tales Nativity scene
Your house is so Christmassy and thank you for sharing (I'm one of those nosey people). I love all the trees - I can't even decide which is my favourite and your advent tradition.
I just love the Charlie brown christmas tree!
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