Oh Christmas Tree!

Yesterday was a day full of Christmas tasks for me.  I spent a good portion of the day addressing and stuffing our Christmas letters so I could get them in the mail today.  It's such a fun tradition to send greetings during the holiday season, and I enjoy writing our card each year to update our friends and family on what is going on in our lives.  It always takes a decent amount of time, but it's definitely worth it!

 

Last night when Doug got home from work, we decorated our Christmas tree.  Finally!  We usually go out into the woods to cut down a tree, but because it's been so darn cold this year, we decided we shouldn't take Drew out.  He would have frozen!  We ended up picking a tree at a tree lot in town.  It was still fun to go on a family outing to pick out the tree, even if it wasn't one from the forest. 

Of course, we ran into a few problems as we began decorating.  Three of the four strands of lights we had to put on the tree were only half lit, so we had to replace bulbs to finally get three strands that worked and one that is now the replacement bulb strand.  Then, once the lights were on the tree, the first strand would not plug into the second because its prongs were too big.  Instead of starting over, we decided to have two strands of lights plugged in behind our tree.  What a mess!  I think that's how it goes every year for every person (or is it just me who always struggles?!), but we finally got the lights on and the tree decorated.  It looks really good, and I'm happy to finally have Drew's first Christmas tree up!

 

 

 

 

Drew didn't really love decorating and was a bit of a crier all night.  We finally got him to calm down by letting him play with the strings on dad's hoodie!  He really loves strings!

 

When it was finally time for bed, my little reindeer was a happy camper!  So sweet!

It was a fun day full of Christmas activities, and we only have more as this week goes on.  It truly is the most wonderful time of the year!