Come On In!

Welcome, Welcome! Thanks for stopping by on your bloggety Christmas Tour of Homes. Wasn't it great of Boomama to host this again? You can go on over there to add your home or to jump in on the fun!

Please ignore the nice pile of papers that my son delivers. They are a daily fixture on our step. I wish I could figure out how to make them look like they are part of the decoration.

Here's my deal of the year. A whopping $5 at Shopper's Drug Mart on clearance. I wanted a wreath for years and this satisfied my cheapness, penny pinching frugal budget.

Coming into the living room our stockings hang. Why not from the fireplace mantle? Glad you asked. Because the 6 little rugrats that run thru my place each day will not leave them alone. So up they go. The patchwork ones are my kid's. Notice teen girl's hanging off the lamp in the background? Nice designer touch don't you think?

You've seen this one but seeing it's my favorite thing in the room here's my nativity.

My tree, day and night

And just for Barb, here is my designer barricade that is used during the day when I have 6 kidlets running around. It's either this or everytime we have a potty need or diaper change I shuffle all 6 into the bathroom with me. Notice the nice touch of the Thomas Tank engines. Guess that big screen comes in handy after all. I think I'll let hubby keep it.

Part of my snowman collection. The house is a tealight house and when lit the windows and open door glow. My fave. There is a "look with your eyes not your fingers" rule on the house which the kids totally get but they can't leave the stockings alone. Go figure. The snowman coasters were a gift from my sis. Moving on the the kitchen now.




I used to collect stacking Russian Doll thingy's. This is one of the only ones I kept. It sits on top of the fridge.




And my little snowman on my table. He amuses me. He's an icecube roasting marshmallows over a fire. When you turn him on the fire flashes yellow and he flashes blue. Another gift from my sis.





And to end just some more of my snowman collection.

Thanks for coming by. It just occurred to me I forgot to have my little red cup (turned around this time to show the snowman) follow us around like in the last tour. Ah well, maybe next year! Merry Christmas!