Our Christmas Tree

The girls were excited about putting up the Christmas tree this year. I learned from my mistakes of last year though. Last year, we tried to do it all with them and it didn't work very well. By the time we got the boxes out of the attic, put the tree up, spread out each limb, wrapped the lights, took the broken lights off, and wrapped the lights again the girls were completely over the idea of decorating the Christmas tree. This year, I had Eric get the boxes down on Monday so I could get things ready while Grace was at school. When she came home the tree was up and lit and waiting for ornaments. After dinner, the girls put the ornaments on and it was much better. They enjoy looking at each ornament and asking where it came from, who made it, whose picture is on it, etc. Last year I began a tradition of giving them their own ornament each year to start their own collection that they can take with them when they grow up. They each saved that ornament until the last to put on the tree. The last picture is of Lyla after preschool one day this week. They painted all of the kids' noses red like Rudolph.