Day 127.  Thanksgiving is over and now we look toward Christmas.  We put up our tree today, and it looks pretty good.  We don't put tinsil or garland on it anymore, just our ornaments.  Every year we each get to pick out a new ornament.  They are dated and our name is written on it.  That makes the ornaments to special to cover up.  We are at the point that if we put garland on the tree it will cover up ornaments and no one wants theirs covered.  So, we leave it off.  It makes the tree look bare until you notice how many ornaments are really there.  I used to make the family wait for a week or two after Thanksgiving to put the tree up.  Then we would leave it up until after New Years.  Now, because the kids do a lot of the work, we put it up sooner and it comes down before New Years.  I like it better this way.  I love Christmas and the lights and all, but I also love when the house gets back to normal, and we can get back to a routine.  Honestly I never thought I would say that, but I have grown accustomed to having a routine.  Not for me, but the kids do better on a routine.  When they do better, I do better.  Yep, it's all for the kids.