And Rudolph jumps over the tree

I had fun this year putting up trees in the kids' rooms. It was pretty early (October, actually) and the kids have had fun with their trees and decorations ever since.

The boys have a small tree set on top of a bookcase. Each year Michael's work gives us a new ornament at their Christmas party. It's usually a Santa but sometimes it's a snowman. We put a bunch of those ornaments on the boys' tree, along with some fun stuffed animal ornaments.

The girls have a 6 foot tree with lots of fun decorations. A contemporary furniture store in our area went out of business a while ago and I bought lots of crazy and sparkly ornaments and garlands from them. Pink and sparkly...perfect for the girls.

And Rudolph looks like he's jumping right over their tree. I can't remember where I got this tree-topper and we've never used it before but the kids LOVE it!

Now, if only we could keep their Little People Nativity set in tact. They played with it non-stop for the first few days it was out...but then baby Jesus, all the wise men, and most of the animals went missing. It's kind of difficult to tell the Christmas story without baby Jesus! I hope we find him soon.