Disclaimer:: I started this post and then got caught up in the fun so I am going to finish it now even though it happened months ago::
We went to the Christmas tree lot last week to hunt for the perfect tree. When we got there the kids were more interested in climbing hay bales and going through tunnels than looking at any trees! It took us a while but we finally found THE one. We got it home and Bill had to get the tree ready and then put it in the house. I wanted to get the lights on the tree without "help" from the kids and then the kids were going to help me decorate.
After two trips to the store for more lights, we were finally able to decorate. I couldn't believe how excited the kids were to decorate the tree. I thought they would put a few ornaments on the tree and then get bored and move on. Bella stuck it out and was having so much fun decorating.
One of our christmas traditions is to have the kids pick an ornament every year and then when they move out and have their own tree they have a whole bunch of ornaments to take with them. This year the kids both ended up picking out candy inspired ornaments. Charlie's is a gaudy, sparkly piece of blue and green candy and Bella's is a peppermint lollypop ornament.
The kids loved looking at the tree and the ornaments really turned into new "toys" to play with. I had to give up on my dream of the perfect tree because every day the ornaments changed around!!!
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