Gifts, traditions & our tree

I'm not going to lie, my tree looks like a hot mess this year. Most of the time, there are bright green mardi gras beads hanging from it and dress up jewelry that Reyna thinks looks gorgeous on the tree.

The girls enjoy looking at the ornaments and sometimes touching the lower ones, which I do not mind. I do not want them to not be able to enjoy it. 

Reyna did most of the decorating of the tree and I left it as is. She was very proud of her decorating skills.

One thing that I do enjoy having matching and pretty are the presents under the tree. I finished scrapping tags last night and wrapped the last few that needed to be done. I enjoy picking out new paper each year and matching ribbon & scrap paper. I went pretty plain this year, but was happy with the end result.

Nothing under the tree belongs to the girls. Santa will be delivering everything for Christmas morning. Reyna asks who the presents are for under the tree and I tell her who they are for and that Santa will not be delivering our gifts until Christmas Eve.

Have I mentioned that I am so excited to wake up with the girls Christmas morning? I am excited to watch them open gifts while sitting in the living room sipping coffee & eating dough balls. As Reyna would say, "only three more sleeps!"