Bring on Christmas!

So now that Halloween is over, I figure that it's time for Christmas. I finished our Christmas stockings today. I've been working on them off and on for the past week and a half. I actually finished the two red ones on Halloween. They're not actually officially finished yet. I'm going to cross-stitch an initial on each one in metallic gold. Eric wants me to do our entire names in case we want to use the same initial for multiple kids. Like if we had a Kaylin, Kevin, and Korbin. Doubtful. Anyway... the story behind the stockings. I actually made two stockings and a matching tree skirt two years ago. The problem was that the stockings were way too small. We didn't even use them for Santa, we both used our old ones from growing up. So this year I decided to alter the stocking pattern to make it longer. I decided that Eric and I would both have red ones and that the kids would all be green. Originally I was red and Eric was green, but I didn't want to continue the red=girl and green=boy pattern for multiple reasons. One reason is that it might look weird having no pattern when they're all hung up (yes, that is the math nerd in me coming out). Another reason is that if all the kids are green, I could make extra stockings now and not have to wait until future kids are born. So that is why there are 4 green stockings in the picture. That doesn't mean that we are going to have 4 kids, it was just an easy number to get material for. And if for some crazy reason we have more than 4 kids, then hopefully I'll still have some leftover fabric to make more. I have extra of the patterned fabric but I will have to buy more green. I'm sure I'll be able to find a matching green so I'm not worried. I'll try to remember to post pictures once our initials (or names??) are on them. Maybe I'll even get a picture of them by the tree skirt so you can see that too.

And Kelsey, don't worry, I didn't forget that you tagged me. I am just having a hard time coming up with stuff :-).