Today, we took our traditional trip to William's Tree Farm with my parents. Kir, Jon and their kiddos are also in town, so they came as well! The weather was great, which made the time there even better.
Looking for The Perfect tree...
We picked one!
The kids enjoyed watching Daddy cut it down with the big saw.
Carrying it away...
Ready to go home!
Taking a quick train ride before heading home...
Ready to decorate!
The kids had fun decorating. This is the first year we are using colored lights on the tree. In previous years, we've decorated with white lights, but Caleb requested color this year. How could I say no? =)
Caleb and Meredith did a really great job hanging the ornaments. They loved looking through the box and finding all the ornament-treasures. They remembered some from last year, and loved finding the ones with their names on them. And, while they did a fair amount of "ornament clumping", I love it. I have officially resisted the urge to spread the ornaments out a bit, because they worked so hard and had such fun. I imagine that at some point when they are older and potentially as, ahem...particular as I am, I'll wish that they were little again, clumping them all together in the most beautiful way ever.
Candy Cane Clumping...
Shane had a great time playing with these candy canes...
Caleb's favorite part...
Last year, we started the tradition of each kid getting a new ornament every year. Here are this year's picks...
Caleb found this snowman with his name on it. It lights up and changes colors!
Meredith picked out this little "jingle piggy". It has a bell inside and rings when you shake it.
I picked this one out for Shane. I thought it was fairly fitting, since his month-by-month pictures are taken with a sock monkey.
Our finished tree...
Another tradition....after the tree was decorated, the kids drank hot chocolate (with marshmallows, of course) and watched
The Very First Noel.
5 stockings this year!
