This afternoon I finally decided I had enough energy to decorate the house for Christmas. We've had this 4.5 foot tree since we first got married and I thought Ezra would have fun decorating "his" tree this year. Dumb me bought white-wire Christmas lights, and Dumber me thought that once I got them on the tree and plugged it in, you wouldn't be able to tell that much. It was pretty trashy looking, so once Ezra went down for his nap I re-did the lights with some green wired ones. Also, while decorating this tiny tree, I decided that it will be our only tree this year. I love our 7 foot tree, but the idea of having to take it down when I am 3ish weeks away from giving birth was not one that appealed to me.
Ezra had a blast decorating. I showed him how to hang each of the ornaments, carefully separating the breakable ones from the non-breakable ones that he would put on the tree. He would run over to me and say "Nother one," get another ornament, and point to a branch and say "Goes right here." Incidentally, all the ornaments went on just two branches. I re-did that after he went to sleep too.
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| I may or may not have instructed Ezra to "sniff the light" to get this picture. |
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| He loves letters these days and had fun pointing out the letters on the blocks. He also enjoyed the santa hat. |
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| Deer in the Christmas lights. He is incredibly hard to photograph these days. Why won't you just SMILE NORMAL, child? |
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| Love this one. He really did love the lights and ornaments. |
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| "Goes right here." |
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| Ezra's creation at the end. When all the ornaments were gone, Ezra said sadly, "I need more or-ments." |
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| Close-up of the two branches with multiple ornaments |
2 comments:
Great photos, Lesley.
What fun! Loved the photo of him sniffing the lights. Your spirit is catching - I bought a Christmas candle and ordered a gift. Pretty good for pre-Thanksgiving, I thought!
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