We learned the hard way that trees sell out quickly around here and so we set out to cut our tree the day after Thanksgiving. We went to a different farm this year and it was a lot less hectic than the old one. They had this cute photo booth too.
Hubby was helping the guy parked next to us jump his car batteries so we had plenty of time to wander about. We found this giant tree! All the kids agreed that it was the best one... It was indeed very nice, but I was fairly certain that a 12 ft tree would not fit a room with 9 ft ceilings.
Then we found our tree. A nice fat tree this year, of a different variety than our usual fraser fir.
It had a nice big trunk and was a bit hard to cut.
We carted it home and it stood undecorated in the tree stand with plenty of water for a few days. I have a special method for wrapping the lights and it takes a few hours. The decorating had to wait a few days until I got myself organized.
Our old friends moved back from Nebraska and we got had a Christmas cookie making dinner party with them.
We eventually got the tree all decorated. We tried to put the most breakable ornaments out of harms way. Baby A was really excited and curious to see all the lights and ornaments. The lower branches are increasingly bare.
I love sitting by the tree working on projects and listening to audiobooks.
We have some friends that grew a huge crop of luffas. They invited us over for a luffa soap making party.
We used glycerin soap so that it would be safe for all the kids to help with.
My hutch is looking very festive. I think I will leave it until February and change it for Valentine's Day.
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