The Tree Is Up!

I like to put my Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving. Even though Kara grew up in my home, she isn't of the same philosophy. Now that the children are old enough to help, it's easy to get the tree up early! They are enthusiastic helpers which I really appreciate. Last week I told the children we could put the tree up on Friday. Bentley was very excited, but then we had a glitch in the plan. Viva was not home on Friday. She had spent the night at Grandma Karen's and didn't come home until after 10PM when The Nutcracker Ballet was over. Bentley was not happy when I told him we had to wait until Saturday.

Then on Saturday Viva woke up feeling sick. More than half the household had a mild case of stomach flu during Thanksgiving weekend. Viva slept all day, but felt well enough in the evening to help out with the tree. By Sunday when we finished putting ornaments on, she was back to normal.

We have a fake tree (*sigh*), so we have to unflatten all the branches. 

Viva worked on the bottom of the tree.

Jake worked on the higher up branches.

Lincoln has now joined the party, but he's not much help at this stage.

We are still pulling apart the branches.

Peek-a-boo!

Bentley loves decorating the tree.

Lincoln loves standing on the step ladder.

Work, work, work!

Fun, fun, fun!!

Sleep, sleep, sleep.

The trio is back at it the next day.

I've asked them to put most of the ornaments out of Lincoln's reach.

Jake

Viva

Bentley

Lincoln admiring all the work done during his nap.

Lincoln back on the ladder where he can has better access to those ornaments.

"Who's been moving my ornament?"