something we have never done . . .

this year i decided to do something that has never been done at our house. usually the i will wait til tha firsts weekend of december to put up the christmas tree but this yeari decided to change.
i'm going back to work next week and of course the first weekend i'm back at work i'm on call. (figures right.)

so art only worked on night this week and while he was gone the kids and i put up the tree. i put the lights on it and told the kids we would wait for daddy to decorate. wednesday night could not get here fast enough. baileigh kept asking me if it was tomorrow night yet. so at 6:30 wednesday we began 'trimming' our tree.
of course we had to start with the 8 year old KIX cereal that i strung before caleb was even born. of course the dog loved the stale cereal and after everything was done i cought him nibbling from the tree . . LOL
the kids had fun finding the ornaments that had their names on them and caleb started asking where the ones from this year were. each year i let the kids pick out a new ornament for the tree and i write their name on it. that way when thhey leave and they will have oraments to put on their tree.
it didn't take long for us to get finished and soon it was time to put the star on. baileigh did it last year so it was caleb's turn.
so there you have it, one day before thanksgiving and our christmas tree is up.

jess :-P