We kept up our tradition of getting our Christmas tree on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It was a cold morning and Tyler and I weren't feeling the greatest, but we managed to still go and get the tree! Tyler carried the rope and Brennan carried the saw while we hunted for the perfect tree.
Tyler kept pretending to rope trees. It was very cute.
Brian found this year's perfect tree, but Brennan was sad that it wasn't a blue spruce. The blue spruces were all way to big for our house, so we went with a douglas fir. Brennan was having a moment when this picture was being taken, which is why he isn't in it.
After Brian cut the tree, both boys took turns "cutting" it down too.
One final picture before the hard work of lugging the tree to the barn began.
We had learned our lesson two years ago to search uphill for a tree, so you could then drag it downhill to the barn to pay. But, this year, the selection uphill wasn't that great, so we knowingly searched lower ground. Brian said he was ready for the work! Tyler on the other hand was not and I ended up carrying him back most of the way, which was harder than I anticipated. He is heavy and on uphill terrain, it was rough!
We got the tree up and decorated, but then the next morning, our Elf arrived. His name is Ogre - named by Brennan last year. He toilet papered our tree on the morning of December 1. What an entrance.
He seems proud of his work!
This morning, the elf antics continued and he marked up Brennan's school picture. I'll post later in the month with more news on the trouble Ogre is making in our house.
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We hope to get a live tree next year. What a fun tradition your family has created!
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