I usually choose a feature color for my holiday decorating. I've always enjoyed a beautiful monochromatic scheme. This year was going to be all about silver and gold.
That is, until the boys spotted the boxes of colorful ornaments! Gak! I discouraged it, but Jack (a determined kid who quietly does his own thing whether I agree or not) started adding the blue ornaments to the tree. It was a slippery slope from there. I couldn't really say no to green because it's Jack's favorite color. Then Beckett insisted on red because it is my favorite color! Before I knew it every last ornament was on the tree. And mostly on the bottom half of the tree.
But guess what??? I LOVE IT!!! I even had a couple of tears in my eyes! (I'm a total sap.) The boys are so proud of that tree... "best tree ever" was mentioned more than once. I loved seeing the boys having so much fun and being so creative. And all of the color mixed together is festive and cheerful and beautiful!
Lessons I learned from the experience:
- Sometimes more is more
- Monochromatic can be boring
- Beautiful does not mean perfect
I think I'm going to go out and find some purple ornaments to add because they are Beckett's favorite color... plus the top half of the tree is looking a little boring compared to the bottom half!