For this week’s edition of Simple Saturday, I’m sharing a few pictures from around the house. Try as I have, I haven’t finished decorating for Christmas… The cold and flu that has take over the house is keeping me really busy at the moment. I did get a few decorations up though.

I should have started this post with this little statement, this was the year that all of the Christmas lights died… That’s right, my pre-lit tree only had one working strand, none of the outdoor lights made it, and we only had 1 strand of multi-color lights for the boy’s tree. So here is a picture of me taking out my frustration about the light situation by stripping all of the lights off the pre-lit tree. It was a pretty good arm work-out though.

This is my favorite wreath, it is on the front door. I love it, I spotted it at a yard sale for $2.00, and it is just perfect.

This little one is hanging in the living room. Thade likes this snowman wreath, because it has one of his spelling words on it. It was Christmas.

Agnes loves her Hello Kitty stocking, Uncle Rob got it for her. She smiles great big at it, and coos whenever she sees it.

Dylan’s favorite decoration is the 3 ft Santa in the foyer. It lights up and has a pretty glow about it. I also told him that it has a microphone in it, so Santa can hear when he is acting up. I don’t think he bought it.

Then there is this pile… The decorations that haven’t made it up this year, and just might not. I like to keep the decorating simple, and switch up how I decorate yearly. Also the less I put up, the less I have to take down after new years.

The Christmas tree is up and decorated though, and the kiddos each have small trees in their rooms too. I hope to finish the outdoor decorating this weekend, but I don’t know if it will happen. Maybe next Christmas season we won’t be so sick.

What about you… Are you also decorating for the holidays, and what is your very favorite Christmas decoration?