Every year, we wait until the last minute to get our tree. Not intentionally, it just happens to be that when I am ready to go get the tree, Michael is working late or the kids are sick, etc. This year, Morgan has been absolutely dying to get a tree and decorate it since before Thanksgiving, and there was no way we could make her wait too long. Last Monday, we saw a non-sick, non-working late day, and we seized it! We went to Home Depot, as I fondly remember doing as a child. Honestly, as nice as going out to the forest and chopping down my own tree sounds, it is so much easier this way. We had no big plans this year, just get in, spend about 30-40 bucks on a tree and move out. However when we got there and started looking around, we noticed this couple was looking at trees in the back with a lady who looked awfully suspicious. Like at any moment she was going to say "Pssst, hey you. Yeah you, over here. Look at these nice trees I got for sale," in a street watch salesman sort of way. Sure enough when we got close she said "ya lookin' for a big tree? I got ten footers over here for the price of a sixer." So we grabbed our $29.99 ten foot tree and ran for the car before they could change their minds. It is the most beautiful tree we've had and it is huge which makes it perfect for our house and it's dumb vaulted ceiling that makes any decent sized tree look like a dollhouse prop.
Decorating it was a blast with the babies. (Okay, so we put one to bed and took pictures of her with it the next morning. Did you really expect us to break out the fancy ornaments around Mikayla? Uh, no.) Morgan had a great time helping to hang all the ornaments in the middle of the tree and we even let her help put the fancy ones up on top. She was just so meticulous about where each one was placed in the tree and which side faced out. So sweet. We wanted her to put the angel on top, but there was just no way with this tree, so instead, she directed Daddy so he could put it up there perfectly.
The next morning, Mikayla woke up and was in absolute awe of the tree. She stood there and stared at it for a few minutes, realizing that it was in the place where her ball pit had previously been. Then, without warning, she dove right under it...I'm pretty sure she was looking for her toy under there because she backed out and dove back in a couple times after that. No major disasters with her pulling over the tree or breaking ornaments yet. We did place some plush and plastic ornaments at the bottom of the tree just for her to play with, and so far, those are keeping her occupied and away from the breakables.
We had a great time decorating the rest of the house, too, but the tree was the crowning glory this year and really took the cake.
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