I did end up going out shopping today. My mom and I ended up heading out around 9 and got home around 2. I was able to finish up a couple of people and get a good start on Brian. Once I got home we went out and got a tree! Savannah was very excited. We like to buy our from a local nursery who gives you a coupon to get a free tree to plant. I am a little sad because we are discussing possibly getting a fake tree after Christmas this year. It just doesn't seem like Christmas without a real tree. I also do not particularly like the look of a fake tree but the prices are getting a little ridiculous. Also, I am pretty sure that they are really bothering Savannah and I with all of our allergies. Even Brian seems to have a hard time with it. So, we are discussing the idea of a fake tree. We'll see how it goes. After dinner we decorated the tree. We seem to have a new tradition of watching The Polar Express while decorating. It helps keep Savannah distracted when we are doing the not so fun parts like putting the lights on. As we go through the ornaments, she gets to hang up all of the non-breakable ones. So, the bottom half of the tree is full of the soft or metal ornaments we have and all the glass one are on the top :) It works out well, too, because the heavier ones end up at the top where the branches are stronger. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving and Black Friday, if you participated. 
4 comments:
fun!! you're brave, letting Savannah help decorate. we still just do it ourselves after they go to bed. course, the fact that it's 3 feet off the ground might have something to do with that! ;)
fwiw, fake trees look better & better every year. and prelit is the way to go!!
Very pretty!!
We always had an artificial tree growing up. I think it was a lot rarer than as opposed to now, and it definitely looked MUCH worse!
your tree looks great!
we caved and went with artificial last year. (everyone but steve has allergies). i miss the real tree smell, but i dont miss the sticky part of a real tree, or the watering, or the dead needles falling off for the month.
i go to home depot and get fresh cut-off branches for decorating so that we can still get the smell, and this year i got fresh garland for the mantle and front door. so i feel like i'm not completely selling out!! :)
can't wait to hear what you decide to do!
I love your tree! Did you hear Eric's "Oh my gosh...he didn't??!!" comment when he saw your laptop? I figured that you could hear it all the way from SC :-).
Traci
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