Tree Trimming Tradition

We finally got the tree trimmed earlier this week. We had to wait until Ava went to bed because when she saw the decorations on Mom Mom's tree, she wanted to take the ornaments off to check them out. I figured we'd wait a another year before Ava joins our annual tree trimming ritual. Sebastian was just like Ava at that age (23 mths old). I don't know who was worse, the cats swatting the lower branches or a toddler rearranging the ornaments. Usually the ornaments ended all up on one tree branch and you could see the branch bent all the way to the floor. Sebastian lost total interest in decorating until he was about six yrs old. Now he looks forward to tree decorations!




We had a tough time deciding if we were going "FAKE" this year (meaning, purchasing our first fake Christmas tree). The price of real trees have sky rocketed and we even contemplated last year on buying a fake tree after the holidays. But the fake trees were all sold out after the holidays. We would have had the tree up a week earlier this year but we still couldn't decide. We even looked at the trees on Black Friday but couldn't break down at the time. We finally made the purchase (at Walmart....what a surprise)!

I grew up with fake trees but Michael and I never had a fake tree in all the years we were together. This is the first year we'll have a fake tree in our house. I don't think our cat, Marley, noticed the difference.






"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love." (Linus Van Pelt quotation)









































A Christmas scene...almost picture perfect!

















What's a tree without a cat underneath it? I don't think there is such a thing as a "cat repelling tree". In fact, as soon as the tree comes through the doorway, our cats are literally attached to the trunk.

Doesn't Marley look like he's saying, "BACK OFF"?













Sebastian was in charge of the window decorations as well.