Getting Our Tree

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we headed to the local Home Depot to pick out our Christmas tree. Ahhh, Noah found a little friend!

What has become a tradition in itself, Noah pretended to be a Christmas tree. I wonder how long this tradition will stick around? It's going on at least 3 years now...

And here comes Savannah, saying she thinks this "tree" is the perfect one!

This was a new spin - carrying the "tree" out to the car to tie on the roof. That would have been interesting!

With all the funny business done, we got down to the serious business of choosing a real tree. Last year I had ended up being so disappointed in the dinky little tree we got that I made sure this year it was nice and tall. We definitely found a winner this time!

The kids love pulling out the ornaments and reminiscing about each one. The boys love their nutcrackers but every time I look at those little guys I remember the battles over which one belongs to who. Yeah, they are completely identical. Go figure, ha ha!

But this year there were no battles, no tears, just a lot of decorating fun!

The cutest Christmas tree decorators ever!

This year it was Xander's turn to put the reindeer angel on the top. This is definitely his last year doing it from the top of David's shoulders!

When we were all done Noah immediately dressed up as Santa and got in his sleigh. The Christmas spirit has arrived!!