Putting up the Christmas Tree

We carried through with our tradition of putting up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, well actually it was on Saturday, but close enough. I had to work the day after thanksgiving, so I was a little tired to put the tree up, plus the boys didn't have much of naps that day after thanksgiving, so they crashed early, so it was better that we put the tree up on Saturday instead. This is Nathan's 2nd Christmas, so he was all into the tree! Last year he was too small to help put up the tree, and this year was totally different. As you can see he didn't have a problem helping. All I had to say was, "Nathan can you give this piece to daddy to put up?" and he would just grab it and take it to Leland. It was so cute! Nathan also enjoyed handing off the pieces of the tree to his big brother. I think he felt very important, which he should, because he is mommy's BIG helper! I have to admit there are days when Nathan listens more to me and follows directions more than Parker does:)

When it came time to put the final top piece of the tree together Parker wanted daddy to hold him up to place it on top. It was a pretty far reach for Parker, but he did it! Then really came the fun part..........putting on the Christmas decorations! Our tree looks a little of balance per say because we have to place all the fragile ornaments towards the middle to top of the tree so little grabby hands ( yes I mean Nathan's fast hands!) won't take them off the tree.

Well...................that didn't last long. Nathan managed to reach a bulb that I thought was out of his reach, guess not, mommy was wrong. By the time I could see what he was doing it was too late, all of a sudden a heard the bulb shatter all over the floor. Luckily for me it wasn't a special ornament, so it was ok. What I have been telling Nathan is that the tree is hot so he doesn't grab at it. We'll see how good that works..............