Since we came home from Louisiana with a few days left of Dan's vacation, we decided to decorate for Christmas. Let me just take a minute to tell you that Christmas is my all time favorite holiday of all times. Ever. So I'm super-excited that December is here. Back to the story! First stop: getting a tree! This is the first year we decided to get a real tree since Dan and I have been married. Let's see... that's, er, 6 Christmases of fake trees. Both of our families had real trees growing up and it's a tradition we'd like to begin (as long as we're going to be home for Christmas, anyway). It was a pretty chilly day up here in Lexington and we selected our tree as quickly as we could, put it on top of the car, and drove that baby home. I seriously have no idea what kind of tree it is, some type of fir, I think. We let it sit in the garage most of the day and brought it inside before the girls went to bed. We awoke the next morning and began the fun of decorating. Julia found it to be a boring task not worth missing a nap over. Ellie actually stayed focused and strung lights, beads, and ornaments. She must be a Christmas-lover. Is that sort of thing hereditary? Time will tell. Here's a funny: Ellie picked up one of the plain shiny glass balls and looked at me and said "Dis a bouncy ball? bouncy, bouncy, bouncy?" Thank heaven she didn't just slam it on the floor before she asked. Hah.
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