It's begining to look a lot like Christmas

To kick off the Christmas season, we headed out to get our tree. This is the year to get a flocked tree, last year was a green year.

We were in our van, so we had to put the tree in the van. It did get a little squishy for Andy. But as you can see, he didn't mind. They were both so excited to get our new tree home.

The lights are always the first to go on the tree. And normally I have them all put away nice and neat so they are not tangled up, but something must have happened last year because they were just in a pile in the storage box.

Here the kids are looking at the ornaments and picking which ones they want to hang. Ellyn always wants to hang her ornaments first. Each year the kids get a new ornament, we try to get them one that shows something fun they did or something they really liked that year. Ellyn has Dora, Diego and Princesses. But we are moving out of the Dora and Diego stage and she has been getting rid of anything that has either of them on it. So, when she found the Dora ornament she wanted to get rid of it. But, I told her no, she used to love it so it stays.This is our flocked tree skirt. I don't think you can see in the picture but there is tons of flocking on the fabric, it is from the first year we had a flocked tree, and it never came off. So, on our years with a green tree I use a different skirt.

The kids take turns each year putting the angel on the tree. This year it is Ellyn's turn. And with a little help from dad, and a chair, the angel got put in her place.

We love our tree and all the memories it holds. Steve and I each have our ornaments from when we were kids and now our kids have the start of their own collection. And when they are older and move out (hopefully) they will take their collection.