The Decor...

Here is one of my most favorite things about coming home at Christmas time...our snowflake trees!! I have always taken picture of it...but they never turn out like I want them to...so I decided this year to take pictures of the whole process (since I was actually home for the whole process)

First...my dad cuts down some branches from outside and he brings them in and we get them placed in pots...

Then...my dad wraps the branches in white lights... (No Mom, Dad was not standing with one foot on a bench and one foot on a stool, neither of which he is supposed to be doing)

Then we take very realistic looking glass icicles and tie them to the branches. It is very painstaking cause you have to tie them close to the branch so it looks like a real icicle formed on a branch...
After the icicles goes the crystal stars and globes (but I didn't take pictures of that step)

Then, we tie on the snowflakes (and some other patterns too) to the branches...

And here are a few pictures of the finished product...

It really is cool...our who dining room feels like a (excuse the cheesiness) winter wonderland!

If you live close by you are more than welcome to come by and see it! My dad loves showing it all off!!

Here are a few other things I've thought to post about...

Tuna was sick for a few days, so I made her some toad in a hole for dinner one night (not that toad in a hole is a really good 'sick' dinner, but it's what she requested) The point is...I made it with a heart cut out...and it was cute...even though you can't really tell in the picture...

We also started making the Christmas cookies tonight. Tuna and Dad are the ones that do most of the baking...but I helped put the eyes and nose on the gingerbread bears...

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