We have been gearing up for the holiday season in our home.  The catalogs and stores have helped to prompt this.  It is also nice to get a jump on the gifts before the huge crowds hit the stores.  With all of this talk around our home, Natalie has been asking to decorate both the inside and the outside.  (About a week ago, she saw some Christmas lights in the basement and Nate hung them down there for her to see.)  Recently, she has been asking to decorate the outside of the house.  Nate thought that sounded like a good idea, and since our gutters on this house are lower and more manageable for putting up lights, he decided to buy some strings of lights the other night.  Tonight, Natalie was Daddy’s little helper as she would bring the clips to him while he was putting up the lights.  It was very cute!