Trees and PJs

This year we went with a whole new experience for the Christmas tree! We usually find a lot, or Home Depot/Lowes...something like that...pick out a nice tree and cart it home for decorating. This year, we hiked out into the forest and chopped down our own. Well...sort of...we went to a Christmas tree farm, not a forest...we rode in a hay trailer instead of hiking...but Robbie did chop it down with the saw they provided!! It was very overcast and getting a bit late when we found the perfect tree, so the pictures are a little dark.

NOOOOOOO Daddy...not the Charlie Brown tree!

We didn't get that one...but once we got it home I sort-of wished it were that small! Here's the real one...

Yeah, that's nearly 6 feet of man dragging approximately 8 feet of tree!!!! OOOPS! Good tip for when you're going to cut down your own...bring a tape measure!! We ended up having to tie it to the top of the van!

The evening was so much fun though. The kids loved getting to ride in the trailer and pick out our tree. We went home and decorated the tree for hours. Will finally got too tired of Brooklyn pulling off all the ornaments as fast as he put them on (quite honestly even I lost a little patience on that one)...so he went off to bed before the Christmas pajama box got opened. There's just something about new pajamas...shiny clean kids in new Christmas pajamas...it gets me every time! I love it!! One of the simple joys of motherhood I guess. So, here are 2 of the 3 in their Christmas pjs. We'll take a picture that includes Will soon enough. I'll also post a picture of the monstrosity of a tree in all its decorated glory...but for now...time to be productive while B is napping...