Sunday, December 05, 2010

Christmas Tree Day

The snowy weather created the perfect mood for our planned Christmas Tree day! So we picked up Sharon and the girls, all managed to fit in the mini-van (!) and headed out onto the snowy roads to the Christmas tree farm. (Have I mentioned how nice it is to have Sharon and the girls back? It's so nice to have friends who are more like family in town.)
These photos are roughly in order. We were in the car for a while on the way up there because just as we got close we had to backtrack and detour due to an accident. So in this first photo Henry was asleep and Sinéad had just woken up.
These pictures are mostly from Sharon's camera. After finding a couple of lovely trees there was time for donuts, popcorn and some free hot chocolate! I was also mesmerized by the warning label on the tree shaking-machine (the Shakee). Henry wouldn't stop eating the snow. I hope he doesn't get any sort of weird illness from that. Mostly I think he'll just have chapped lips all winter. He can't keep his tongue in his mouth and Clara can't keep her mittens on her hands. Hopefully today (as I'm typing this at 3AM- awake due to a too-large meal for another friend's birthday) we'll get the tree and other decorations up. We might all pile into the car again tonight to go to a local lights display that we enjoyed together 2 years ago. That time we saw a light-up pooping reindeer and we all have high hopes of another sighting. Plus-it's a great excuse to drink more hot chocolate. I may need to get some peppernuts made first, though. I have lots to do! I should go back to bed.











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