Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

We have never had the tree up before December,

EVER, but when you have both of your daughters

over on the same weekend, and it's mid November,

you decide what the heck, lets do this. :)

I decorated the tree all by myself last year,

the first time since the girls we little, and

I must say, I didn't like the experience at all.

This year, our tree will once again be a family

Christmas Tree. So, Nov.16th, let's do this.

 

Now, there is one thing I have to admit,

the lights and I do not get along, never

have, and so Amy, not wanting a repeat of

every other year, of mom yelling a them,

made me sit this part out, oh darn.

 

Of course, you know I said a few

things while it was happening, about

placement etc, and I was given that

look, you know the one, like 'mom,

I'm getting it, don't worry' look.

And yes, when she was done, it was

just perfect, why did I doubt her ;)

While Amy was the light girl, Jordyn

was now the garland girl, and this

garland she is placing on the tree in

these photos is beyond special to me.

You see, when she was about 6 or 7, mom

taught her how to crochet, and all she

could do was crochet a straight line.

So mom, having given her leftover wool

in Christmas colors, just let her go.

Eventually, when she stopped, we had

this length that stretched from one side

of our backyard to the other. Now what

were we going to do with that? Ah, wait,

I had an idea, let's put it on the tree

as garland this year. She was so proud,

and every year since, it's been on our tree.

 

 

 

After they sorted out all our ornaments,

I let them both just decorate, I just

sat back with my hot drink, watching them

decorate, and no arguing either, something

to be said about them not living together

any more I guess, lol.

 

 

Now, usually, when the tree is all

decorated, it's Tim's job to add the

Angel to the top of the tree, but our

Angel is too heavy for our new, smaller

tree, so he thought this was a much

better tree topper for this year. I did

too, but unfortunately, he wears it each

and every day, so it was a conflict of

interest for him. 

First Family Time of the Christmas Season 2014

This was the first time that both girls have

visited us on the island at the same time.

And we made the most of it, that is for sure.

 

It started with me and the girls heading out on

Saturday morning to hit our favorite stores, and

look at all the fun stuff out for Christmas. Our

first stop was Target, where we took silly pictures

in silly hats or glasses :)

 

 

 

 

Later in the day, we drove up to Cobble

Hill, to check out the free Christmas

light display at Merridale Cider Works,

and although it was a decently mild night,

Tim still complained about being cold, how

did I ever think he would have survived a

Northern Ontario winter? I was quite surprised

when he grabbed some Santa hats and took a

photo each with both of our girls. I love

these next two photos. I love my family.

 

 

Afterwards, we drove back to town, and

went to the Brickyard for pizza. It was

such a great day, and I'm so thankful we

could start out the holiday season just

the four of us, like old times. I miss our

family unit, I miss us all being together.

Time changes, we move forward, but sometimes,

stepping back is muchly needed for this mom.