Oh, our little fake tree. Although we'd love to have a real tree, a really tall one that we went to the Santa Cruz mountains to select ourselves and chop down while we shared hot cocoa with friends, one that smells of fresh pine needles... well, practically, none of that was going to happen this year. For one thing, we are headed to LA and then to Tahoe for Christmas, so we wouldn't be able to enjoy it for more than a week or two. Also, there is the Ava on the verge of crawling phenomenon. She is crawling backwards and we are sure that a pretty Christmas tree will give her just the motivation she needs to make forward progress (as Ben did 2 years ago when he and Lily were at the same point)... and eat those pine needles and break those ornaments and pull down the whole thing. Anyway, I like this little tree! And Ben and Lily do too. Perfect. By the way, the first thing they did when we put it up was to dance around it, like we just did at the Santa Lucia party last night
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And here is another small piece of decorating I did this year. My mom bought me these beautiful crystal glass stars from Pottery Barn for my birthday (thanks Mom!), I picked up the red PEACE & JOY signs (along with HOHOHO, LOVE & BELIEVE) from our favorite little boutique in downtown Campbell, Garafalo's, and, of course, the holiday photos of the kids.