We went to get our tree the 2nd weekend of December. Oddly enough, we got our tree from the rose garden where Jason and I got married. There wasn't a lot of ambiance for Christmas tree shopping (it was lovely for a wedding!), but we got to use our coupon and found a nice tree. The weather wasn't of the traditional Christmas variety, but we still had fun.
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| Hayden is saying, this one is PER-fect! (She said that about every tree she looked at!) |
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| Hayden also wanted a small one for her bedroom. |
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| H strikes a pose in front of OUR Christmas tree. |
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| Molly kept an eye on the proceedings from under her Santa hat. |
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| Eliza, happy to pose since she found somewhere to get a glass of water. (Note the holiday pants and shirt plus a snazzy bow, fancy skirt and gold shoes! Quintessential Eliza fashion these days.) |
The kids were so excited about the tree, I think we decorated it that night. (Is that normal? Growing up, we always seemed to get a tree and then leave it out on the deck for a night or two in water. Are you supposed to do that?) Molly wasn't quite sure what to make of the tree, but Hayden and Eliza eagerly dove into the box of ornaments. Eliza broke the first one she touched, but did pretty well after that. There aren't many pictures because after that first one, I realized that full contact supervision was required!
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| selecting an ornament to hang. |
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| What are those sparkly things? (FYI, I don't know what happened to her pants.) |
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| Let me try this standing thing in front of the tree. All the better to reach the ornaments! |
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| not a great pic, but you can sense the energy of Eliza. |
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| The finished tree! (actually on Christmas morning because that was the best pic I could find.) |
And since getting out the ornaments meant pulling out other Christmas decorations, we used that same weekend to get our our Christmas gear. Molly especially enjoyed the Little People nativity scene that we put out. It was always fun to check to see who had escaped from the "Activity Scene" (as Hayden continued to call them) each evening and try to round them up. One night we even lost the whole stable! Luckily it was easily located in a neighboring room.
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| gotta love the nose wrinkle! |
More holiday recap still to come! Parades! Outfits! Presents! Stay tuned!
1 comment:
Nothing says Christmas and winter in the south like buying your Christmas tree while wearing shorts and t-shirts! Very nice tree, even better in person!
Deck the halls. . .
Love,
Popop
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