I remember when I was pregnant with Zack awaiting the birth of our December baby I vowed that we would not put up the Christmas decor until after his birthday because I didn't want his birthday to get lost in the holiday shuffle. I wanted and still want to make sure Zack's birthday is kept separate and apart from Christmas. Everyone of us gets to celebrate our birthday separate and apart from Christmas. Unfortunately, we can't wait to decorate the house till after his birthday otherwise we would never be in the holiday spirit until the holiday season was almost over. So, as our compromise, we celebrate Zack's birthday between Nov. 12th & Thanksgiving, that way on Thanksgiving we can put up our decorations without it overshadowing Zack's birthday celebration.
Well, the evening after Thanksgiving, with the help of my dad moving furniture, Jay put up two of our trees and then we spent time decorating them. Our first tree decorated was our Disney tree which features ALL Disney ornaments of some sort. Then our second tree decorated was the Family/Hallmark tree which has ornaments that have been given to us or Hallmark ornaments. Now we have to put up my angel tree and the aluminum tree. The fiber optic retro tree has gone to the church to be used as the Giving Tree (just this year) and Jay took his sport themed tree to his office. There's a pink princess tree in Mackenzie's room and Cassie would like a tree in her room, too.
Decorating the trees . . .
Well, believe it or not, we only lost two (one of them shown above) ornaments in the move. I did have to repair a couple with super glue or hot glue, but at least they were salvageable.
Zack taking his turn hanging an ornament.
Mackenzie's turn.
Jay puts some up higher.
I sit and open all the boxes and put them out for the kids to put on the trees. Cassie doesn't like decorating so she took pictures.
Two of our Christmas trees. Now we just need to finish decorating the rest of the house.
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