Sorry these are blurry! Just a short note.. decorating a Christmas tree with 4 children is fun.. and VERY fast! I think it was TOTALLY done (even the little shifting of ornaments we had to do because R would put all hers on 2 branches!) in about 10 minutes!! It was amazing!!
That pink thing on there we got this summer with a bag of clothes and the kids carefully put it away 'For the CHRISTMAS TREE Mom!' and remembered it and brought it out and placed it 'just so.' Not sure what the attraction is but they love it and it's their tree after all! We also searched high and low for hanging ornaments that were stars! And couldn't find any! We're going to keep looking though. We're looking for glass yellow or silver stars that hang on hooks so if you know of any please let us know!
As you can see we got out tree up! The boys and Papa went out one Sunday after noon and walked through the lease until the found it. Mr. B and Mr. M put it in the stand for us one night while we were waiting for Papa and the kids and I decorated it reasonably soon after that. We decorated the whole house and I'm going to take pictures yet. It was a BLAST!! The kids loved the red bows and lights. I hung a lot of the heavier ornaments on tacks on the wooden window frames in the new addition. It gives it a feisty look and saves the tree the weight! I also took down all my curtains and hung stockings and ornaments and cards from them. My little Nativity that I painted years ago is on display as is the wall hanging behind the tree! The kids love the wind up musical violin Papa got as a child and also the wind up snow globe I found years ago with the Nativity in it! Papa has found me 3 bluegrass Christmas carols and we play them and just simply enjoy the season!
