Well, all the Halloween decorations are down, and now the yard looks so empty. No skeletons prancing around or rows of tombstones!
Monday night, I took down all the decorations inside the house and packed them up, then pulled down the Thanksgiving box. That box is not nearly as large, but I wanted to make the mantel look extra beautiful since both my husband and I love Halloween and were kind of down about it being over.
At first, my husband watched me from the sofa, since arranging the mantel is pretty much my domain. He ended up wandering over to help me center this, position that, hang a wreath above the mantel because he’s so much taller than me. I love how it turned out, and when I lit the tea lights and tiny battery lights, it looked so pretty.
I stood back to look it all over, make sure it was all perfect, and my husband smiled at me. He said he likes watching me get excited about decorating the house like that. It’s something his ex either couldn’t do or refused to do; she was incapable, or unwilling, to help make a house a true home. But this is our home, and we love it, and we have so much fun with it.
Maybe now we should just dress up our skeletons as Pilgrims and Indians, and put them back in the front yard… 🙂
Sweat & Sparkle 