It's almost December and I've been blogging here for a year! That seems crazy to me. I don't know about you, but my family has little traditions this time of year, from the silly to the really special. I'm going to share some of them with you and I'd love to hear about what you do with your family. We just decorated our house for Christmas. When my brothers and I were kids, the three of us would decorate the basement with "extras" but we've fallen away from that. Now we have things in the living room, bathroom, and one small tree in the basement, mostly for extra ornaments. (With three kids, we have multiples of a lot of ornaments :)
I was amazed at how quickly we were able to decorate this year. I guess that's what happens when you have older kids who are basically all adults and know how everything works. The longest thing is the tree. We have terrible luck with Christmas lights. My dad stopped putting them up on the house years ago because he'd have to replace them every year. I can't remember now if it was last year or two years ago, but my mom got a new Christmas tree and two thirds of the lights are out already! I'm sure people can relate. So before we could put up ornaments, we had to string some more lights on our tree. Then we have a system where my mom hands out the ornaments to us and we put them on the tree. We all have ornaments that belong to us that we hang up and others are just family ornaments that anyone can do. There is usually Christmas music playing in the background. Last year, my mom was super stressed about getting the decorations up. I don't remember what was going on. One night, she and Dad went out for the evening and my brothers and I put up everything except the ornaments. She was SO happy! It was an awesome surprise. We have fun pictures from when we were little of our Christmas tree in a playpen so that the baby couldn't pull it over or grab ornaments. What did you do when your kids were little? What fun traditions do you have for decorating? Do you go pick out a real tree?
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I am a natural light portrait photographer. I've been taking photos since 2014 and would eat a smoothie from Tropical Smoothie Cafe for lunch everyday if I could. Thank you so much for stopping by. I blog about sessions, things I'm learning, stuff in my life, and information for YOU, my client. If you like what you see around the site, I'd love to work with you! I'd also love to connect with you on Instagram. I'm @sarah_jayne_photo :) Archives
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