I usually decorate the house for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving (and we managed to pull this off even this year, despite not returning home from Pittsburgh until that Saturday night!), but we don't get our tree until a week or two later in an effort to keep it fresh through the holidays. I am not one who is eager to say good bye to the tree after Christmas, preferring to wait until a week or so after to take it down, so we can't get it too quickly or else it's just a pile of needles come January 1st. The only problem with this plan is that we can get oh so eager and impatient waiting for Tree Day!
This year was no exception. It may have, in fact, been one of the worst. The kids were not the only ones counting down the days; I was, too!
Yesterday finally came. Jackson was feverish so he and I stayed home (sadness), but the others braved the rain and mud and chill to bring home our beauty. We opted for another small tree, making it two years in a row now of down-sizing. I like the sweetness of small trees and the kids didn't seem to mind altogether too much, though they would prefer a big one (and I do think we'll oblige again one of these years!).
They found it!
(Claire was there, but not in the picture, apparently)
Stringing the lights
Frosting cookies while Daddy strings lights = tradition
Bronwyn crocheted all our garland this year
Claire tried to figure out the crocheting, too
Hanging ornaments
Daniel and I didn't really have to hang any, as Gabriel and Bronwyn were actually tall enough to reach most of the way up
The final touch and our first *real* tree topper!
What a cute LITTLE tree. Seeing Daniel next to it really shows just how little it is! And the garland, so fun! That must be an "in" thing. I saw it last year and thought I need to do that this year. So far I have only got as far as the mantel. Does Bronwyn want to come crochet the rest of mine?!
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