Friday, November 27, 2009

Christmas Decorating

The day after Thanksgiving brings about our annual tradition of putting up the decorations as Christmas music plays throughout the house. Dad works on the outside while Mom works the inside (with Grandpa and Mimi helping respectively).

Meanwhile, Brooke perfected her skills of climbing and sitting in the kitchen chairs. This is her latest accomplishment and she is quite proud (though, teaching her that she can't stand on the chairs in another story...).Unluckily for Dad and Grandpa, Friday morning brought about temperatures in the thirties, snow flurries and wind. "Some years you win, some years you lose."
Mom got the tree up, and when Brooke awoke from her nap there was a lot of exploring, staring, touching, pulling to be done. Here she races away from the tree to Mom's camera.
To be expected, Brooke was very curious about the tree and all the shiny dangling "toys" hanging from it.Knock on wood, after the first hour or so the novelty of the tree wore off and she was back to chasing Maddie and her toys around (aka, the tree hasn't been pulled over, yet). Dad helped by giving Brooke an arms length "tour" of the ornaments, many having their own fun stories.
Ah, the lit up tree! Good job Mom!Ah, the beautiful outside decorations! Good job Dad!

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