Happy Thanksgiving?

In our house, we - or at least I - like to celebrate my holidays one at a time. I want to enjoy Valentine's Day all the way up until the 14th of February without starting to see the signs of St. Patrick's Day. Call me a traditionalist. Can you see where this is going?

I've been seeing Christmas decorations in the stores since the last week of August when I was still focused on back to school, forget Halloween, forget Thanksgiving. Being that I live in Chicago, I do understand why people put up their outdoor lights "early" (my opinion, of course), but turning them on is beyond me.

I'm not the only one with this opinion - and I swear I haven't expressed it in front of her at all. Little Miss walked up to me yesterday with a very unhappy look on her face.

Mommy. Why do people have their Christmas lights up already? Don't they know it's not Christmastime yet? I think they forgot to celebrate Thanksgiving!

Yes. That is a pilgrim's bonnet that Little Miss made in school. And yes, she is planning to wear it to my parents' house later today for Thanksgiving dinner.

With that note, a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. I hope you have a wonderful day filled with family and friends and lots of turkey!



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I love holidays, but I'm not one of those people who spends (in my mind) an inordinate amount of money on indoor and outdoor decorations. That's not to say I don't have some decorations. I have a few Department 56 houses. And I have static clings for just about every holiday (thanks to my mom).

Side note on the static clings: I had so much fun putting them up this year. They didn't want to stick at first, so I used my head. Technically, I used the wee ones' heads, I suppose. I simply took the stubborn clings, rubbed them on their heads like you do with a balloon and then stuck them to the front door. It worked really well.

My heart swells with my pride as a mom. (kidding, kidding)

Anyway, there are some decorations that I am sure to put out every year. And that collection grows each year. This year, I wasn't allowed to put anything out though. Mister Man decided he was in charge of it ALL (which is why it's all sitting on our table in the foyer instead of being mroe appropriately distributed throughout the house).

And really? I don't think I need any more decorations than these.







Every year the wee ones bring home at least one fun decoration per holiday, and I love it. This alone is worth the pain of childbirth, don't you think?

What are your favorite decorations to put up?