This will be the first year my one year old son Colin will really be aware of Christmas decorations. As you can tell by the picture, he took to Halloween like Batman on crime, but will he be able to resist the temptation of snatching those low hanging ornaments from the Christmas Tree and throw them down the stairs, in the dining room, or in the bath tub? I guess time will tell. As of right now, he and his Mom (Sheri), are visiting her dad in Tennessee, and I took the liberty of putting up the Christmas tree and all that good stuff a few days ago. Every year when we drag all the Holiday Cheer out of the garage and start unpacking it, it kind of resembles a craft store explosion in our living room, so we thought it would be a good idea if I just decorated while Colin was away for an extended amount of time. Plus this gave me executive veto power on any ornament or decoration that does not suit my yule tide fancy. It took me a few days, but I finally got about 2,000 ornaments hung, and all the little knick-knacks that we display around the house. My proudest decorating accomplishment this year are the brand new outdoor-large bulb lights I strung along the guttering on the front of the house. They look freaking sweet! Sure, I am scared to death of heights, and ended up stringing the last half of them after dark, but it was well worth the stress. Clark Griswald would be jealous. Year after year, as we would enter our subdivision, there would be many wonderfully decorated houses, but then we would turn down our street to nothing but pitch black until our motion sensing porch light would kick on, but not this year. We have taken Winesap Road to a whole new level of Christmas Light Awesomeness. As a whole, I do enjoy the Holiday decorating process, but I will be singing a different tune come January when its time to box up each Hallmark ornament and climb back up on the roof to take down the lights. Maybe Colin and I will just take a trip and let mom handle it. Merry Christmas!
