Deck the Halls

Well, we didn't chop down our own tree this year like we did when we lived in Connecticut, but we still bought a live Christmas tree, just like we have each year we've been together.  Tommy tried to talk me out of it this year - he said we didn't need a tree this year since we'd be gone for a couple of weeks around Christmas.  I won out on this one, though.  I just can't imagine Christmas without a tree in the house.   We picked out a small, but beautifully-shaped tree and but it upstairs on the balcony overlooking the living room.  We trimmed the banisters with lighted garland and I really like the way it turned out!

Jack had fun helping to unpack all the decorations:

While Jack was unpacking, I hung the tinsel and ornaments:

 While Tommy wrapped the tinsel around the banister:

Jack briefly tried to help decorate the tree.  This mostly involved him grabbing an ornament, yelling "ball" and stubbornly whining when I tried to help him hang it on the tree.  Needless to say, Jack didn't hang too many ornaments this year.  Maybe next year!