Christmas Tree

We got our Christmas tree last night from Lowe's. We met Brian there after he got off work and it was COLD (around 30F) and dark already. There weren't many trees to choose from and I didn't want to keep the boys out in the cold for too long. We could of gone somewhere else but since it was already December 7th, I didn't want to wait any longer to get our tree.

We have always gotten Frasier Firs in the past, but they all looked terrible (not very full with lots of holes). So we decided to try a Douglas Fir.

I took the boys to Lowe's last week to get a tree for Brian's parents. Carter got so excited when they cut off the bottom of the tree with a chain saw. He was telling everyone "tree, cut" when we got it home. When we got to Lowe's last night, Carter kept pointing at all the trees and again saying "tree, cut". So he was very happy to get to watch the bottom of our tree also get cut off with a chain saw.

Carter and I decorated the tree today (after his playdate with Caitlyn) and I like how the Douglas Fir looks.


This is what happens though when you let a 2 year old decorate ...





Carter would only hang ornaments from the strands of beads (and really liked grouping them together).

He also tried to add some animals to the tree ...


Rylan has been fussy a lot the last few days (he's been sleeping awful), but he did a good job of chilling out some so we could get the tree up.