This was our first year (of the past 7) not going out and cutting down our annual Christmas Tree...while we sure did miss the sentimental meaning of our little annual field-trip, we quickly got over it, didn't have to worry about watering and the constant clean-up, and had fun decorating with the kiddos.
Bruce and Chase were the official lighting crew...
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| Chase took his job VERY seriously... |
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| Daddy and Chase standing back to make sure the lights were spaced properly |
Addy and I understood that there was only so much space next to the tree, and we (I mean Addy) spent our time doing neat stuff like:
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| Oh Addy... |
The boys did a great job with the tree, there were many mid-decorating dance-off's to Christmas music coming from the TV, and the kids even got a snazzy picture with our very own in-house Santa...
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| Too bad I didn't make up some sort of "Elf on the Shelf" story for our Santa...you know, about our Santa keeping an eye on the kids behavior and reporting back to the "real" Santa...darn it! |
