Last Friday we went hunting for a Christmas tree. We went to a tree farm about a 10 minute drive from our house. It seems like since Thanksgiving, when we got our first snow, we have had snow and rain almost everyday. So needless to say, it was COLD, wet, and there was a lot of snow on the ground.
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| There was so much snow Caden got stuck in it! |
We picked a medium sized tree this year. We were not sure how Caden would "act" around the tree. He broke a ball ornament at one of the Eiffel Tower's gift shops, sneaky little guy - took it out of my hands and threw it - and loves to point and grab at the ball ornaments. We should know that anything that looks like a ball is made for kicking and throwing! So...we didn't want to get a huge tree in case he decided to try and knock it over while trying to get an ornament or decided to try and climb it! Sheesh, let's hope not!
Which brings me to my next point. We found a great tree and so far we have two ornaments on it and two strands of lights. We are testing the waters slowly as we train him to just look at the tree. Caden occasionally touches a light and says "hot." Today he went to one of the wooden ornaments and grabbed it, I told him "no, no, don't touch" and he let go of it. So...maybe we can put the rest of the ornaments on the tree soon. He has really done a great job around the tree. Except he loves pulling the Christmas tree skirt off and hiding under it or using it as a cape. We haven't put any gifts under the tree yet because he likes playing with the Christmas tree skirt. And I didn't want him opening any before Christmas Eve.
Here are a few pictures of our tree hunt and tree.
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| I'm ready! This was taken outside our house. |
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| It's cold out |
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| There are so many trees! |
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| Collin about to teach Caden how to chop down a tree |
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| Collin getting ready to chop down our Christmas tree |
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| Here is our 2010 Christmas tree! |
When we arrived home we were greeted with the door-to-door Christmas tree salesman. He had a truck load of Christmas trees outside our house. We pointed to our tree and told him we just bought one. Last year they came by our house too. But it is more fun to go to a Christmas tree farm and find the perfect one. Plus we got a better deal going to the farm than buying from the salesman.
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| Collin looking at the truck load of Christmas trees |
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| Collin talking to the salesman |
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