Putting up the Christmas Tree

I was looking back through my pictures and realized that I never blogged about putting up the Christmas tree.

The Sunday after Thanksgiving, we all got busy putting up the Christmas tree.  We bought this new 9 foot tree after Christmas last year, so this was our first time putting it up.  It was also our first experience with a pre-lit tree.  It was so nice not to have to put on the lights.

Here we are all bringing our old tree up the stairs.  Many hands make light work :)

Eric putting on the top of the tree.  It went up quick.

The kids mostly observing the beauty

Alex pretending to be helping with something, but don't be fooled

This was really what he was doing...he stuffed his clothes with blankets and other stuffing, and he went around being goofy and running into stuff and people with his padding.

You can tell by the look on his face he was in a goofy mood.

The next night for family home evening, we decorated the tree.  The kids have really come a long way in knowing where to place the decorations.  They did a pretty nice job.