We got our Christmas tree out and decorated the house for Christmas this week. I always look forward to when it gets close enough to Christmas that we can do this. We put up our tree on Thursday and decorated on Friday. Chris even got out and put the lights up on the house, which made me so happy because now our house is all Christmas-y from the outside too!
Thanks sweetie! 
The boys were really excited this year to help me get out our Christmas decorations. They watched with anticipation as I opened each Christmas box and pulled out different things that have been packed away for almost a year now. I showed them some of the Christmas crafts they had made in years past and pictures of them at their first Christmas. Then we got to the ornament box and they were really good helpers with putting the ornaments on the tree. They did good at spacing them out and not just clumping them all in one place.
We buy a new ornament for each boy every year - something that represents what they liked or what they were into that year. The boys have fun looking back at their ornaments from past years and remembering when they liked those things. Because of that, our tree isn't totally decked out in all these beautiful, Christmas-themed ornaments. We have some Sesame Street, dinosaurs, trucks, cars, etc. But I think that gives our tree some character and it tells our family story in a different, neat way!!
"Ta-Da"
Don't you just love the look of wonder on their faces?! It's the most wonderful time of the year! :-) Your tree looks great.
ReplyDeleteI have to ask you how your littlest one does with the tree. This is our first year with Christy walking and so I only decorated the top half. Any advice or suggestions. So far, she is doing good. She just likes to touch the lights. ~ Evelyn Holland
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