Boxes are the best toys.
Month: December 2018
Monkey has been missing for several days. Tonight we found him thanks to Ben. Ben decided to pull all of the napkins and placemats out of the linen cabinet. Who knows how long Monkey would have stayed hidden in the back of the cabinet? And how did Monkey get back there to begin with?
Today we tackled decorating the tree. This used to be one of my family traditions, but this year it was chaos. Everyone wanted to help and I couldn’t keep little hands under control. Here’s hoping things calm down a little in years to come (and while everyone still wants to help!) Ben was fascinated with the lights and then wanted to do what the big kids were doing. Kaitlyn was very demanding in checking out each ornament and trying to help determine perfect placement. Alex just wanted all the ornaments up on the tree. Teague helped with a few ornaments and then quickly grew bored. Then I also love the finished product – lots of ornaments on the bottom and few on the top. There are usually odd clumps in certain places and multiple ornaments per branch. Kaitlyn is at an age where she remembers where she puts ornaments and is offended if I move them later. Memories….
Tree decorating.
When we lived in Milwaukee, we had our Christmas Tree cutting tradition set. We knew the exact weekend and the exact place. We even knew the best places to look at our favorite place. All of our moves have made finding a new favorite Christmas Tree farm a little difficult. Some of our locals haven’t been conducive to growing the types of trees we like, some tree farms haven’t opened as early in the season as we prefer, and some just aren’t as nice. This year was our first year to try cutting down our own tree in Massachusetts. (Last year we did not attempt it with a two week old baby.) We tried to do our research but the farm was a bust. The fall and early winter has been warm with tons of rain. There was mud everywhere (not the farm’s fault) but there were no trees above 4 feet. We walked the entire property with Ben on my back and Wade carrying Kaitlyn for a good majority of the time. In the end, we grabbed one of the trees that had been precut and called it a day. Here’s hoping next year is better…
We got a Christmas tree!