Merry Christmas

For obvious reasons I took a more minimalist approach to decorating for Christmas this year. 

But the more important thing is spending the time with family and not worrying about how everything looks. 

I got the stockings up and filled,

and the nativity out for Allie and Sadie to play with. 

I just reused last year’s centerpiece.  

 But the biggest change was no real  9 foot tall tree.  I pulled out my 1950’s aluminum one and only two boxes of ornaments.  Sadie said, “I like your tree Mimi, but the goats won’t eat it because it’s not green.”  Her insightfulness never ceases to amaze me. But it will certainly be less to put away.