Today was a giant leap towards Christmas for mankind - well, in our house.
As you'll see below, we have a fake tree. Now there's no shame in fake trees, infact they have many benefits including: no messy needles in the carpet, no sap on your hands, no dripping water from the base, no need to anchor it from all angles, no worries of it falling over (unless tiny hands tug on it of course) and no cost to purchasing a new one each year. On the other side of the benefits you have your cons: time consuming branches which need to be adjusted when setting it up/taking it down, no trek through the wintery woods to pick out the perfect tree specimen and no evergreen scent. Those last two are pretty important, memorable, if you ask me. However we've made the sacrifice on behalf of the tiny hands which like to the stick tiny needles into their tiny mouths. Better safe than sorry. You always know what you get when you take it out of the box each year.
We think once our kiddies are old enough to appreciate the beauty of a tree instead of just trying to eat it, we'll vouch for a real one, from the real ground, from a real forest. Yay!
Speaking of perfect specimens ;) ;) here is Kevin, making sure every branch is perfect... right.. down.. to the needle. Kev's told me that his Dad is quite the perfectionist when it comes to doing the Christmas tree each year. I think I have him to thank for the outcome (of both specimens;)) Ta ha. Ha ha ha. Thanks Dad!
Don't let the fakeness fool you - it's bristlee! Last year we both got rashes on our hands and arms b/c we didn't use gloves or longsleeves while setting it up.
We both decorate the tree, however it's strictly Kendra's job is to put the lights on. Funny how Kevin is so good at spending hours to individually pull out each branch so that it looks perfect, yet when he goes for the lights they wound up looking like a spring on a pole. Well, no hard feelings love :) we each have our gifts and yours just isn't the lights.
No matter, the tree looks fantastic!
Here we go, another thing you're good at Kev! (I'd better make sure and throw that in there, aye?)
Play away!
You're great!!
We took a few pics outside today b/c it was a perfect snow day! Here's a few of Attie being cute, as always:
She watched some hockey with Uncle Tyler...
..and finally got to try out her sleigh on the frozen lake infront of our house.
Chocolate...mmm!
Atalie has a new best friend. His name is Zack. He moved here with his Mom & Dad (Devon & Ethan Baltrus) just over a week ago and Atalie could not be more pleased! She squeels with delight every time she sees him;) We're also quite happy to have some friends to hang out with!
A mouse update, for those who were following:
We have killed one mouse. Apparently there is yet another (Dad, yes, you were right). My brother saw him scurrying along the floor when crawling into bed on the weekend, which means this one is living in the basement... so we're on the hunt again. To kill!! This one is quite noisy at night and has an appetite for some nasty things, including old wasps nests which we discovered when taking a peak in the basement ceiling (eeew). He also almost ate right through the packaging of a Christmas present we bought for one of our nephews(rrrrg!!!) - he is going to die!
