Putting up the tree

Yes, Kade decorated the tree in the buff

The finished product

I don't know what it is about putting up a Christmas tree that stresses me out so much. I know it is supposed to be a warm fuzzy time that bring the family together to do this thing once a year.But.... for some reason this never happens in our family. LOL

Randy had to work so he did wrestle the tree box out of the basement before he left so I need to thank him for that. He then made his exit and I started trying to wrestle the tree out of the box. A couple of years ago we bought a big pre-lit tree and I love it. It is in 3 big parts and it is heavy! I got the stand and the first part inserted and then I noticed that about every third branch the light didn't work. Oh well I thought, you wont notice when it is decorated. Well then I get the middle part inserted and a part of it didn't work either. I didn't mention that it took both me and Megan to get the middle section out of the box because it was so heavy. I am starting to get a little angry now. Then I put in the top part and the whole tip didn't work. You cant have a Christmas tree where there are no lights on the top. Megan did find one plug that I missed in the middle that lit up a few more branches. Do I push in every bulb that doesn't work, do I strip off all of the lights and put my own on, or do I just put my own lights on the branches that don't work. I opted for the last option.Theres nothing like putting lights on a pre-lit tree. It will just be a nightmare taking the tree down.( I wont think about that now) I had this grand idea( me and my ideas) last year to do my tree in red and white this year so I bought new red and white bulbs after Christmas when all the sales were going on. The girls were then mad because they wanted to put all of the old ornaments on that they use every year. I convinced them how pretty is was going to be and they were then halfway fine with that. Kade had gotten his outfit dirty during dinner and someone had stripped him. Meanwhile while I was wrestling with the tree he had taken his diaper off. I thought in the back of my mind" I need to go put a diaper on him" but instead I asked Kaitlyn to take him potty.( he likes to do that)and went on doing what I was doing. Yes you can probably guess what happened. I had to clean up a mess.

I didn't have any hooks for the new ornaments so Kaitlyn cut and tied ribbon on each one. The kids took turns putting on the balls.Kade threw his in the tree like a baseball.

Needless to say the tree was put up and decorated when Randy came home from work.The finished product turned out very pretty. Maybe when the time comes to take it down we could just wrestle it down the basement steps,stuff it in a corner and throw a sheet over it. hmmmmmm