Without vaulted ceilings and Apple Hill with it's U-cut christmas tree farms, our tree shopping experience this year looked a little different…
We found pre-cut trees at Menards (a local/regional version of a Home Depot). Sadly, I don't even remember the name of the tree we found (Balsam Fir maybe?), as they were all different varieties than I am used to! The boys still got excited to find the perfect tree, and were happy to help throughout the process.
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| Yes, our tree fit on a normal sized shopping cart |
It is our first tree that could possibly be called "cute."
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| Gus helping "hold the tree up" while Andrew secured it in the tree base |
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| Aotis supervised getting the lights on while having some dinner |
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| Stringing Popcorn! |
The finished product. It's amazing how you can decorate a tree with almost anything! This will likely go down in history as one of my favorite trees. Homemade tree topper angel (a la Shannon and Casey - see blog post from December 1, 2013), cranberry string, popcorn string, candy canes, and some folded paper ornaments that the boys came up with all on their own. (Later we did also add some homemade applesauce and cinnamon ornaments that the boys helped make.)
This reminds me of your first Christmas trees, Devon. Add some paper chains and "stained glass" homemade ornaments, and you've got it.
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