Time to decorate the tree

Decorating the tree is hectic and fun in our house. During the day, Kirsty and the big boys got the tree down from the attic.  Rob assembles the tree and Kirsty always does the lights. She is the light diva extraordinaire, balancing color and brightness with amazing precision.  (some might call it OCD but this is the holiday season and we are focussing on joy!  After supper it is time for the kids and I to jump in and decorate.  I try and tell quick vignettes of stories of the ornaments as they fly from boxes to tree branches.

I can't figure out how to get the blogger to let me write in between the shots, so the first is KC examining one of the ornaments that his Nana sends each year.  He and Lissa get a Winnie the Pooh ornament to share and Rob gets a red sox one.  Shot #2 is Rob putting an ornament on.  A lot of our ornaments are nature based and reflect our pagan belief system.  I have gilded acorn garlands, faux cranberry garlands (with our dog you don't want any real food on the tree!) Small cardinals and blue jays nestle in the branches.  Pointsettia flowers and berries are stuck in the branches.  In Rob's shot you get a glimpse of how tall he has gotten.  Our tree is 6 foot tall to give you a barometer of my strapping young man.  Chet opts to not decorate; the hubbub has always disturbed him.  When he was little we did it when he was in bed and he would admire it the next day.  The next shot is Lissa decorating.  This is the first year she really understood and remembered some of the ornaments from previous years.  All the kids have little home made ornaments with them dressed up as elves; she was so excited to find hers!  I think all these shots were dark as the tree lights messed with the flash.

The last shot is all of us under the tree except for K the photographer.  Note Blake's festive scarf and our stylish head gear.  LOL  I love the fact that Chet is leaning into  the shot.  That is pretty huge for him.