I was really excited to decorate for Christmas this year. I haven’t really decorated much the past few years as we have been elsewhere for Christmas. But not this year. This year I am going all out with the outside lights, the inside decorations and lights and all that makes me happy.

We wanted a tree but with Maksim I just didn’t want to be tending a tree all of the time. He is a rascal. So we decided to have an outside deck tree again like we have done before. Add to the happiness that we found trees with root balls that we can plant in our yard later at Rooster Head Farms and I was thrilled.

So I put the tree up and have it sparsely decorated with a few lights and a few silver and red ornaments and it needed something more. So I decided to make some goodies for the birds and coat some of our millions of pinecones with peanut butter and bird seed. Win win win.

The birds love it.

What I didn’t really count on, and I don’t know why, were the squirrels. How could they resist ? A buffet just for them.

Poor Maksim about went through the glass earlier today trying to get at them. He races from door to door, window to window, following them on their adventures but now he can just see them right outside his bed.

Tell me all about your tree — do you put one up every year? Is it a live one or artificial? I want to read all about it so please leave me a comment and Comment for a Cause for Transylvania Christian Ministry Sharing House.