Getting Ready for Xmas

We spent the weekend doing small projects (my mom will be happy to hear that the dog kennel is OUT of our room and the changing table is out of Conner's room) and getting the house ready for christmas. This entailed taking down the halloween lights (we were kept from doing this before due to Conner's love for the "pumpkins!!") and putting up all the xmas lights we could find AND going out to buy a tree and decorating it. I was decidedly anti-tinsel this year - tried several variations that I found in our stuff and didn't like any of it. So we're sticking with lights and ornaments - anything breakable obviously hanging near the top. Here are some fun pics:

First is Conner - he likes the way the pine needles tickle his tummy!

Next is Dan performing the annual Christmas ritual - why don't these damn lights work???