This is what you do

Today was a gloomy, rainy fall day in Atlanta. It felt like the Midwest to me today. And while you burrow down in your home and make the best out of these dreary Autumn days, we did happen to venture to the grocery store - but only to get cranberries for decorating for Christmas. Today is the last day of November. Where did November go? It really doesn't matter; however, it's gone and December is here. So, this is what you do on the last gloomy days of November....

You look outside, and see this.....

rain overtaking the streets. i kept the christmas lights on all day today. i just felt like it, honey.

You hang up the Christmas and Holiday cards that start coming in.....

this year i have to hang the diamond in a horizontal-fashion, since i have a little destroyer who can reach it otherwise.

You light candles that smell like Christmas.....

You run to the store to get cranberries to finish last-minute decorating....

seriously, Michelle, this idea was fab! thanks!

You stare at your bare Christmas tree and wonder how many years it will be before your kids' favorite ornaments will overcome the branches like the one you grew up with.....

You play on the indoor slide your parents managed to get you for your birthday.....

You put your shoe in a Christmas cookie tin and stir it with the meat separator....

You sit on the couch and look at the most beautiful Fontanini Nativity set and wonder when you will one day be able to plug it in so it glows (and not have a little person pull the cord off the mantle - the cord is staying tucked away this year).....

You wonder when someday the kids will run to see if Baby Jesus made it to the manger on Christmas morning.....

i follow tradition like my mom and don't put Baby Jesus in the manger until Christmas morning. bianca now says, "Babe Jes" ~ it's adorable.

You recline on your Sesame Street couch provided to you in part by Auntie Bug & Uncle Doug.....

ridiculous. i'm not saying more here.

You eat a wonderful, hearty dinner of veggie soup, grilled cheese, and sweet potato fries and then stare out at the lights your daddy put up for you.....

she loves to look at the lights at night. thanks, daddy derek.

I apologize these pics are a bit blurry. My camera skills are not too great with indoor shots and minimal light. You get the idea here.

We loved today. And tomorrow....

We Welcome December 2010