Wednesday, December 8, 2010

trimming the tree

The kids and I decorated the Christmas tree Monday night, after the tree stood bare but lit up since November 26. It was such a great time for all of us.

Brandon was working diligently, typing his "Christmas in Africa" report for gifted and talented class but came over to partake in hanging a few ornaments.

The little boys had a blast and were sad when there were no more to put on.


they didn't venture far when putting the Bethlehem stars on.
and they insisted on putting the entire box of them on the tree.


To my initial surprise (and delight,) Gracelyn played elsewhere and with the empty boxes that the ornaments were in. I guess it was more of a fake-out because as soon as we finished she made her way to the tree and began un-decorating it.


she's quite proud of herself.

that night I took pictures of her but since then she gets told "no" when touching it and she actually moves on.

we have lights on the house so the boys take turns plugging them in each night but one thing the little boys cannot do yet is write so this board is Brandon's job each morning. He takes it very seriously and enjoys it very much!

1 comment:

Michelle Bailey said...

your kids are beautiful Kendra