Step one: Purchase one artificial conifer separated into individual branches and trunk.
Step two: Grumble at your unbelievable misfortune. Who knew a tree could have so many parts?
Step three: Step back and let your children assemble it for you.
Step four: Crawl under the stairs to find the most inaccessible, dusty corner surrounded boxes. Dig out Christmas ornaments.
Step five: Go back to the same disorganized corner for the lights.
Step six: Pretend the previous five steps were nothing (laugh modestly any time someone brings it up) and have a great time trimming the tree!!
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| Yea, the lights! |
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| Did I forget step six? Wear a stocking on your head. |
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| My expert tree assembler. |
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| Assembling ornaments is HILARIOUS!! (Or at least trying to avoid Mom's camera is | ) |
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| Star on top! |
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| My proud helpers. |
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| Our happy tree. |
We had a fun morning setting up and decorating the tree, as well as setting up our nativities. I think that the ornaments we made last week turned out really nicely too! The best surprise was having Daddy stop in for lunch just as we finished up. Merry Christmas!!
Looks great, Mel! Especially those new ornaments!
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