Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas ...

My pumpkin display ...

... has given way to this ...

I bought this little tree for next to nothing after Christmas last year. I was fed up with my kids pulling ornaments and needles off of our large tree and vowed to have only this tree this year. I didn't put the base on and I put it in this pot that I was using outside for Halloween. We aren't celebrating Thanksgiving at home, so I have no problem getting an early start on Christmas since we will most definitely be awaiting Santa's arrival at home.

So, a year later, I still want the big tree. We will probably get one. And, after chasing down little people with ornaments in hand for a few weeks, I will probably regret it but I suppose these things are all a part of having kids ... and celebrating holidays and family.