More than once this month I’ve said that I think we’ve found our loudest child. You have found your voice and you love to sing and make everyone know that you have opinions. You are making sure that you will not be a forgotten third child. I’m not sure how you could be, you’re everyone’s favorite. Even the cats like to come check on you multiple times a day. Your siblings are still your favorite - after a particularly fussy day, the first time you seemed truly happy was at the end of the day when I set you up watching G.
Merry Christmas
I hope everyone is having a quiet and relaxing weekend, and enjoying whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year.
Tom and I and the Bubba are home, just the three of us, building our own holiday traditions. It's amazing to witness everything through this little one's eyes, and think about the years we have ahead of us. Mornings like this.
Christmas Tree: 2016 Edition
So I've completely succeeded in convincing Tom that we should cut down a Christmas tree every year. Unfortunately Massachusetts has been in a severe drought most of the year (remember our beautiful lawn?), which has impacted the local Christmas tree crop. Apparently this is a serious issue that is going to impact our local Christmas trees for years to come... Most of the available trees around have been trucked in from other states, and all the trees at the cut your own places were small and half dead.
Our Tree
Christmas Tree Obtaining
It's not quite like Vermont. Almost, but not quite. Some of the basics are the same - there are trees and saws and hiking through the woods. But there's a certain artificial piece to it. Fighting the crowds of other families, hoping they won't fall in love with the same one you do. And everything is so manicured. They don't naturally come in that shape. It's a bit odd.