AND MY CHRISTMAS TREE IS UP!!
Say Whaaaaa?!?!?
That's right. It's November. In the teens even.
AND MY TREE IS UP!
No, no. Don't be jealous. Really. You see, here's how it went down.
Two days ago, I meantion to Hubby of the Year (for the moment anyway) that I would like to put up the tree before Thanksgiving.
Since we're in a new house, I wanted to bounce ideas off of him on where to put it. (Not that I'm not going to put it wherever I want, but still.)
We discussed some places, then moved furniture to make the tree easily visible from the kitchen and the living room, but not so visible that it is a target to get knocked over everyday.
Then the next day, I come home from driving to the big city to take Josh to preschool and shop with Macey (which has become our thang)........
And POOF! Tree has appeared and is assembled.
Dang! Now I really have to get it done.
Cuz......who wants to look at a fake, bare, yucky tree.
And the kids whinin' and a beggin'. That'll make ya get 'er done! Just to make them happy! (And quiet.)
So......
I try to save some things that I need to accomplish (that don't take much effort or sanity) for when Chad's not home to help pass the time, which made today Tree Decorating Day!
I fluffed the tree. You know.....pulled the fake, itchy branches into somewhat of a reasonably realistic manner.
Am I the only one who sneezes and itches after dinkin' with a fake tree?
I think I'm allergic to putting up the tree. I'll have to hire it done from now on.
Then I had bought some new ribbon for the tree at Michaels the other day. I was so stinkin' excited to put that up, that I did.
Without lights.
I remember the darn lights after all the ribbon was on and looked purty.
Damn it.
Take the ribbon back off.
Put stupid lights on. They're white lights.
Or they're supposed to be.
Some are old and they glow yellow. But, hey, it fits.
Then by this time, I forgot to mention that the tree may be up, with lights, but MY PATIENCE IS GONE!
I swear to you......no matter where I am....those 2 munchkins follow me around like St. Bernard Ticks.
They're big. Sometimes drool. And are constantly knocking things over.
We decided to put our tree between the couch and the chair. If you drew a box around the tree about 3 foot square........
All three of us (2 kids and me) were in that small area.
By a tree that I had to level out with a Dinosaur Train book.
Cuz said Hubby of the Year broke my tree stand.
He says he didn't, but it wasn't that way last year when I left it!
And there was a branch missing.
Oh, I didn't mention those things....missing branch, leaning tree, and kids in small area!
Yep. It was fun. I just wanted to yell, "Darn it kids. I'm trying to make you memories here. Back up and let Mommy do!"
So Mimi arrived and brought dinner. We took a dinner break and I was refreshed to finish decorating the tree.
At first, Josh was the only one who wanted to help. But like most things in the Duerksen family, Macey wants to do whatever Josh does. And better.
We set up a system because both kids wanted to help.
Macey took the EXTREMELY FRAGILE ornaments out of the tub and R-A-N to hand them to Josh who was waiting at the tree.
Then he placed them appropriately.
It worked out fairly well. No broken ornaments.
This is a close up as to how they were spaced. He started off sooooo good! They were perfectly spaced! Then, right as I told Mimi to look at that, whamo.....
After we did the tree, we got out our Nativity. Although, Josh calls it our 'activity'.
It was so neat to see how this year Josh was SUPER excited about getting it out. He's been old enough to remember it for about 2 years now.
You could see his pure joy when he got them all out of the boxes.
And of course anything Josh can do, Macey can do it better and faster!
She liked seeing them too.
If only because Josh did.
Our Christmas season is off to a good start.
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