Where Hands Create.

My heavens, don't you love the holidays?!  I sure do!   Everything from the simple joy of having a cup of coffee laced with egg nog or peppermint to staring at the glow of Christmas tree lights in a dark room....

 My Christmas spirit got a turbocharge this week when Mom came over to my house and helped decorate the tree (and it is a Frasier Fir)!   The drive to complete the tree was to "surprise" Scott who was returning home from a business trip - and I thought a decorated house (and not having to string lights for a year) would be such a gift.  I must say - we did a great job - despite the tree being a smidge crooked in the stand.   We laughed a lot as we decorated and sang along as we watched the Michael Buble Christmas Special - what fun!  (Thank you, Mom, for an awesome afternoon!)

We followed this glee with more fun the next morning when we dressed up the shop cats as elves.  They didn't feel quite as joyful about the endeavor - but we sure did enjoy it!  I have tried to chronicle the fun of working to get the hat and collar on Noro...  It starts out okay - gets a little blurry in the middle (with a few outstretched toes) - and then just a face that could stop time (but festively outfitted).

As you can imagine, Laurel's photo shoot was much easier - although she does look embarassed too....

If you could have sound to the pictures - there would be peels of laughter from Mom and me - and in the end, there are a couple festively attired felines!  

I do hope that everyone is enjoying this season with silly and fun snippets of time.  I do believe that the season reminds us to take a moment of reflection in the sheer joy of being with ones we love and doing simple things that bring a smile to you and/or others!

Happy Christmas!  More to come as we prepare for the Christmas holiday...