O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!

The tree is lit, the stockings are hung, and the Christmas decorations are in place.  I LOVE Christmas time and so do the boys! They were bursting with excitement when Blaine pulled the big boxes down from the attic that were full of wonderful Christmas decorations.  The Christmas season has officially begun! :)

When we pulled out the trusty pre-lit tree (We've had it since Cooper's first Christmas) the  middle section of lights were out. After 2 hours of jiggling, changing  bulbs, checking fuses and frustration I gave up and just wrapped 2 seperate strands of lights around the burned out bulbs. Hey, whatever works right?! 

This year I let the boys hang most of the decoration by themselves, with a few adjustments made by mom after they went to bed. :) Carter liked to hang the ornaments low and all in the same spot.  He took the task of hanging the ornaments seriously and made sure each ornament was hung carefully.

 Cooper liked to hang the ornaments high, because he got to climb the ladder!

Cooper hanging his "Baby's First Christmas" ornament. Each year we let the boys pick out ornaments to signify what they were into that year.  It is a lot of fun  for them to find their ornaments and remember when and why they picked those ornaments. 

This is Carter's favorite ornament. He picked it when he was 18 months old and still LOVES trains. It is well worn. The smoke stack is missing from him carrying it around so much previous years  past. 

Cooper setting up the nativity.

 

 After all the decoratons were finished, Cooper sat down to read a book by the glow of the Christmas lights!

The next day I  surprised Cooper when he came home from school with a little Christmas tree and wood nativity (Thanks mom and dad  for helping  me make the nativity!) that  they could play with for their room!  They were so excited!