least favorite...

so, today i finished up my absolute least favorite part of the holiday season.....i loathe, despise, repulse, can-not-stand, and tee-totally hate having to put away the christmas decorations!!! not only does it involve removing the decorations from the spots they lived for a month, you then have to clean, dust, sweep, etc. the location they were residing....then there is the re-decorating process of everything you moved, hid, relocated, stuffed, crammed during the holiday season...of course, gosh forbid you just re-decorate....oh no, then you realize everything that needs to be organized, straightened up, cleaned out.....truly this ends up being at least a two day process at my house.....UUGGGHHHH!! well i can truly say it is all done, finally, and man does it feel nice to have the house clean, nice and decluttered again......ahhhhhh....

this is 90% of the decor, removed from it's spots, waiting to be boxed up.....it also sat like this for a day, so we had to "picnic" in the living room to compensate for the lack of eating space....the kids thought it was a nice treat....whatever works....

do you think this poor angel was ready to come off the tree?? bless her, she is about to fall off!! the tree was so pitiful by the time we got it out.....needles everywhere but totally worth it, i love a real tree :)

and this spot, pretty plain looking now, once occupied a beautiful tree....see here

well, i am sure you all have been done for days and didn't have nearly the ordeals i did....but oh the life with two small kids.....everything is a fiasco and everything takes at least two days to accomplish... gotta love it!