We have a ghetto tree so we had to put all the branches on limb by limb and string lights on it. So.time.consuming. (I am dying for a pre-lit tree but every year I talk myself out of spending the money on one. Sometimes my cheapness becomes a fault of mine). We put the tree together before Thanksgiving so Ava had been waiting in anticipation for us to put all the ornaments on. She has been so excited for Christmas ever since we put the tree up and starting talking about all the fun things we get to do around Christmas time.
Each ornament that we unwrapped got the "oohs and ahhs" from Ava and she loved hanging them by herself. Our tree is a collection of ornaments from our childhood, ones we got as wedding gifts from our "ornament shower", yearly ornaments with name and date from Mimi, as well as special Ava ornaments. It is very eclectic and sentimental and we love it. Someday though, if and when we ever get a bigger house, I would love to have a second tree that I can decorate with a theme or color scheme.
Ava kept telling me "It looks so beautiful Mommy". She was very proud of our work.
Our dark family picture by the tree
Earlier this month we went to a Happy Birthday Jesus party at Ava's school. My mom and Bri were in town so they joined us. At the party we made an ornament for our tree...
Did some praying...
Decorated some cookies....
Sang Happy Birthday to Jesus (of course!)...
and listened to the 3 year old class sing some special Christmas songs.
It was a cute way to remind the kids of the reason why we celebrate Christmas.
Ava wanted me to take her picture by the tree the other day and this is the pose she gave me.
And then she started leaning into the tree and said "it's itchy".
I love this cute little girl of mine!
1 comment:
I think it would be really difficult to expose your tree and your faces correctly with that setup. You can try illuminating your faces with the tree or taking a picture of your backs so it won't matter as much that you're dark...make sense?
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