Decorating the Christmas Tree

As soon as the turkey is cleared away, it's time to deck the halls! The kids have been a huge help this year. They practically ripped the boxes open and put up all of the decorations.



I loved that the kids stopped the decorating to read the Christmas books that we had tucked inside the boxes.

When the tree "skirt" came out, they had to try it on for size.

When the tree skirt was put down, the kids ran around and around in circles, chasing each other.

Zack got the honorary role of the tree assembler. Up it went!

I got to string the lights around, but after that I was only allowed to supervise. No one seemed to care about my decorating rules of putting the bulbs on the outside and inside of the branches, to make it seem "fuller" :)

Finally, the bow was put on the tree and it was ready for another season. Shortly after that, the first bulb was knocked down and broken by those naughty kitties!!