Friday, December 28, 2012

O Christmas Tree

I took these pictures awhile ago and just forgot to post them. We have a few trees setup in our house this year.  Our newest addition is the kids' playroom where we created a Clemson tree.
 


Madison with her pink tree...the boys have a blue tree in their room, but it's already down.

 Decorating our tree after Thanksgiving weekend...
 








Even Jonah was in on the action.






 Luke holding the "Baby Luke" ornament





 And, this is what we usually end up with...






Tired and ready for bed...this Christmas tree has had a good run.  It has been going for 13 Christmas' from Clemson, SC to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Fort Bragg, NC (two different houses), and Yuma, Arizona.  (Jenn, do you remember getting this with me at Garden Ridge in Greenville for our apartment??)   It's time for the tree to retire.  It looks too much like a real tree with the needles all coming off, and the ORIGINAL box has so many moving tags and tape on it, I think that's what is holding it together anymore.  We have really enjoyed this tree, but it's time has come.  We snagged a new tree at Lowes right before Christmas on clearance (of course).  It will debut next year.


The boys wanted to be the first to put their present under the tree.  It's for Madison.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas!
 









This is an example of the "in-between" poses we were getting.


Santa Lists and Cookies

The kids wrote out their lists to Santa on Christmas Eve.
 
 Luke and Madison wrote out their own lists, while I helped Alex.

 Alex decided he wanted to color his list too.

 Luke wanted a Nerf gun; Madison wanted an American Girl doll, and Alex wanted Power Ranger stuff.

 Here's the Flash with his list.

Luke with his list.

 Later that night, the kids put out food for Santa.  They put out cookies, milk, and an apple for the big guy.  They wanted him to have something healthy.  The reindeer were given carrots.



 Madison taped up the lists so Santa wouldn't miss them.

Ready for bed-Merry Christmas!