Decorating the Tree

Usually we try to decorate the Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving, but with us moving that weekend it didn’t happen. So we waited until the first weekend in December–once we were move settled into our new place. The kids were SO excited to put the tree up, but got distracted pretty quickly (mostly Lincoln). Riley is at such a fun age right now. She understands what’s going on and really is a good helper. She and Ty put most of the tree up while I took pictures and watched Lincoln. Once the tree was completely put together (yes, we have a fake tree–I’m allergic to the real ones) we went to decorate it and soon realized that we completely forgot to pack our lights and ornaments. We store much of our stuff at Ty’s Grandparent’s house and we forgot them there. So we took a break, listened to Christmas music, drank hot chocolate then I made a quick run to Target to get ornaments and lights. I got back, we finished decorating.

Once the ornaments were on the tree Lincoln was all of a sudden interested in the tree…but not in a good way. We wouldn’t leave the thing alone. He kept taking all the ornaments off the tree and hoarding them. Every time we told him not to touch he got VERY upset. Needless to say he cried for about 2 hours straight and now our tree is only half decorated (the top, of course). Whatever works. I wasn’t about to deal with him crying and undecorating the tree for 3 weeks!