On my birthday this year I wanted to put up the Christmas Tree. Thanksgiving was on the 22nd and my birthday was on the following Sunday. So Paul and I pulled out the Christmas decorations and got the tree up. It takes quiet a bit longer when you have two young kids trying to help put the tree together. Sam loved it and actually did most of the work himself!
Ally wasn't so sure of what to think of the Christmas tree at first glance.
Sam did most of the sorting himself. The tree has different color pieces on the end so he sorted them into piles based on the color of the branches.
Ally liked to help to. But her help was more from picking them up in the piles they were in to examine that Sam had correctly color coded them.
Then she would get distracted to watch the Colts play football.
Assisting with putting the base together for our tree.
She was very adamant that her way was the correct way to do the tree and upset when we tried to do it otherwise. She is already pretty sure her way is best :)
Admiring his handy work on the tree stand:
Putting the branches on the tree. Again, Sam did most of the work. He carried them over one by one and put them in the correct spot. Paul just had to push them down a bit more for him.
Ally had to supervise and make sure it looked okay:
Then a quick break for her to look cute.
Sam had to then try on the Christmas stockings to see if they fit:
And a short dance break to fun Christmas songs coming from a cute reindeer. Next year we have to hide that thing it is so ridiculously loud!
And finally some finishing touches with Sam putting the tinsel on the tree. Don't worry... we fixed it later! This took us so long that we had to stop after putting on the tinsel. The lights and ornaments were finished another day.
I tried getting a photo with them in front of the tree before bed but they were too wired and didn't want to look at the camera. At what age do they finally pause for 2 seconds to smile at the camera!!
And a final shot of Ally being adorable!
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