The Tree

The weekend after Thanksgiving we decided to get out Christmas decorations. Rebekah was very intrigued by the attic and wanted to join dad. I am very proud of the way she was able to get up there. This was huge! She was so scared but her desire to see was stronger and she overcame. She only stayed up for a few moments but still it was a win.

Before we continue something must be said about the chair below. This was a chair my mother purchased for me right before Rebekah was born so I would have a chair to rock her in. It was a great chair and many memories were made on the chair. I remember how much I loved it because my feet could actually touch the ground. Yes, I'm short and that's a huge selling point. It's all about continual circulation. 

Right before we moved to our current house I noticed the chair had what I referred to as chair leprosy - the leather started to bubble, peel, and fall away. I didn't want to loose the chair so I bought a cover for it. 

I stopped sitting in it because the more I did the more I noticed. Finally I couldn't handle it anymore and told Don the chair had to go. We took the cover off and said our goodbye. The leprosy apparently got much worse than we had imagined. Very sad. But we are grateful for the memories. 

And so we took the chair away and then began to get out the tree. I have no regrets with purchasing the pre-strung Christmas tree. It has worked well and Don has it down to a science.   

We also found Rebekah's little felt Christmas tree. First year we used this the tree touched the floor and Rebekah had to reach to get the star on the top. Someone has been growing. Not sure how much longer we will use this. Maybe next year we will get her a little tree she can have in her room.

Rebekah put up a Christmas Carousel which grammy gave her. If you look close you can see lego people riding each animal, except for the elephant which was too big to have a lego rider. 

In case you wanted more info on the said carousel:

But then the decorating had to stop because daddy had stake meetings. So Rebekah and I had a girl's night. We played cards then we build a card house. This is as tall as we were able to get and if you look closely you can see the card on the top left is in the process of falling down.

We also played with Dominos: 

Then Rebekah decided we should do a puzzle. She lasted a few minutes. I however cannot leave a project undone and a few days later....

I left it up long enough to show Don and Rebekah and then put it away. Puzzles are hard: they NEED to be done and I seriously don't have the ability to walk away, or put it away not done. 

But I digress: back to Christmas.

Sunday we finished the decorating. Actually, Rebekah decorated while Don and I watched while snuggled under a blanket on the couch. Most decorations on the tree are things that Rebekah made.

I even had a few presents to place under the finished tree.

Here's to a Merry Christmas Season!