Mon 30 Nov 2009
Trimming the Tree
Posted by Lisa Mitchell under My Baby , My Parenting Experiences , Parenting3 Comments
This past weekend we partook in one of my very favorite activities, we put up our Christmas tree. Since I was a little girl I can remember anxiously awaiting the weekend when my mum would say it was time to put up the tree. I’ve always loved pulling out the ornaments and reminiscing as we placed each one on the tree while Christmas carols played in the background. I have many fond childhood memories about putting up the Christmas tree.
So, this past Saturday I sent Lorne downstairs to our storage unit to hunt down the Christmas tree and the boxes of decorations and up went the tree. Maya’s eyes glowed from the moment Lorne walked through the door with the tree box and big bin of decorations. She just knew that great fun was in store.
She had fun “helping” Daddy get the tree into the stand and situated just right.
Then it was time to tackle that big green bin of Christmas decorations that she had been eying. She immediately found the garland and thought it made a fantastic boa 
We put on some Christmas carols and got down to the business of trimming the tree. I loved going through the ornaments, old and new, especially the ones with special meaning like our “1st Christmas Together” ornaments and Maya’s “Baby’s 1st Christmas” ornaments. Since I was a very little girl my mum has always bought me an ornament every year for Christmas so I have quite the collection of very sentimental ornaments for my tree. I loved telling Maya little stories about the ornaments as we picked them out and placed them on the tree. One day she’ll share these same traditions with her child.
Our condo looks so festive now with the tree up, the garland/lights up, and all the other little decorations in place. Did I mention I love Christmas. I think our tree turned out well!
And I think the kitties may be the happiest of all to have the tree up. They both immediately curled up in their favorite spots as soon as the tree was up and the tree skirt in place
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