For the past couple of years, I've been a real Grinch when it comes to decorating for Christmas. Well, I guess a "real Grinch" would take someone else's decorations down, while I just never bothered to put any up. But you get my point.This year, I figured Photobaby deserved better. Never mind that we don't have many visitors these days, and we aren't hosting any of the family get-togethers this year. I should do this just for us, right?
Which I did. But I'll admit...I was also a little motivated by BooMama's Tour of Homes today. You can visit her site and see tons of homes and how people all over are decking their halls.
And right here on my site, you can see how my house Santa suited up for this year's Christmas.
Mark's mom made this felt snowman for us several years ago. The last time we put it out for Christmas, my cat Peanut went cuh-razy for it! She would grab its scarf with her teeth and drag it back to our bedroom to, well, I'm not sure what she planned to do with it. But she was determined. Thankfully, time has helped her move on. She hasn't touched it this year.
We don't have a fireplace. So we hang our stockings on the entertainment center. Unfortunately for Mark, a 42-inch flat screen won't fit in his stocking!
I had a hard time taking a good picture of my tree. When I let my flash go off, you couldn't see the pretty lights. When I turned the flash off, the picture was blurry. I came to two conclusions. First, I'd go with lights and blur. Second, I really need to take a photography class. 
And finally, BooMama suggested we include our favorite Christmas recipe with our Tour of Homes posts. So, here's a picture of the deeelish cookies I took to a cookie exchange on Saturday. Here's how I made them: I went to HyVee, bought two packages of break and beak cookie dough, baked them and put them on my pretty red cookie plate from Hallmark. Yep, I'm a regular Martha Stewart.
How do you decorate for Christmas? Check out some real pretty homes here.
