Thanksgiving weekend, as full as it was with food, friends, and races, would have been incomplete without decking our halls. On Friday, we ventured out to Home Depot with all the kids and picked out our tree. The tree waited patiently outside until Sunday evening when we finally got around to decorating it.
After the lengthier-than-normal task of getting the tree in the stand so it wouldn't tip over, Joe strung our new LED lights on the tree. These lights are supposed to burn for an insanely long period of time. Although we left our tree up until January 13 in 2011, I still expect to be using these lights in 2040, if the guarantee on the package is even close to accurate.
Waiting for trees to be put up and lights to be strung can only hold the attention of these two for so long. While daddy was stringing the lights we got their Christmas Kitty Pillowcases out and put them on their pillows. Everyone has one of these, right? A few minutes later, I found them laying on their Christmas Pillows with their everyday pillowcases over their feet.
The tree looks cool and all,
but I guess it just can't compete with two empty pillowcases.
After a bit of tree gazing.
we set to work decorating.
Even baby Joey got in on the action.
Many of our Christmas ornaments come from Joe's childhood. As Joe was growing up, each year his mom would buy an ornament for each child in their family. When Joe left his mom's house, she sent a box of these childhood ornaments with him. The kids love to ask about them and rediscover them each year.
I love to see them each year, too. It's like greeting old friends as we pull them out of the boxes.
I love Christmas,
and decorating trees
with kids, on a chilly night, by a warm fire.
It's simple, fun, sweet, festive, and one of the many pleasures of being a mom.
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