So we are a house full of traditions - especially around the holidays. One tradition that we don't budge on is when we put up our Christmas tree. It is ALWAYS before Thanksgiving. Whether or not the lights go on is up for debate, but it is always up and ready for the day after Thanksgiving. This year, we spent lots of time putting up our tree, docorating with lights and beads, and what seems like thousands of ornaments! Apparently Ella thought we didn't have enough ornaments, because she made several more (8 1/2 by 11 size :) to tie on the back of the tree.
So catastrophy #1 - most of the lights went out on the tree on day 3. The Scrooge side tried to come out of us and threaten to steal our Whoville joy, but we pushed it away. Down the tree came, fixed the lights, and up it went again. We thought that made for a pretty funny story after it was all said and done. Little did we know . . .
Last Thursday, Ronnie was upstairs with the girls (and luckily the dog to keep himself out of trouble) and they heard a crash. I came home to find the tree on its side. Apparently, our poor little tree stand had finally had enough and gave out. Amazingly enough, we only lost one ornament (plus another in the clean up - but still minor!!). So our tree is up - for the 3rd time. I am optimistically hopeful I have seen the last of my tree decorating skills until 2011!
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