Tessa was really eager to start!
J, not so much, but he helped anyway (and smiled while doing it):
There were a few mishaps, of course. Tangled fairy lights and tinsel:
And always we have at least one broken glass ball (this year it was two!)
Tessa enjoyed putting up the nativity:
Poor Jack was completely confused by the whole process:
but, he's just a dog, so it's hard to explain things to him. Finally we were done! The stockings were hung (we don't have a chimney, so it's "on the piano with care" in our personal poem):
We even hung some outside, including our "outside light sculpture" that sits on a table on the porch:
I think, in the end, that the tree looks great!!
My favorite ornaments are these two from my BFF Nikki, one is a knitting mouse that says "Friends-Forever" (she has the opposite one, they're like a best friends necklace) which, ironically, she bought in 2000, BEFORE either of us knit on any kind of regular basis! I also like the one she got for Tessa last year, it's a cat that looks like Clee with Tessa's name inscribed on it.
And both J and Tessa were pleased to be done:
2 comments:
What a beautiful family and what beautiful memories. :) Thank you for sharing them with us via your blog Mandy. :) Its so great to get a peek into your lives. ((((HUGS))))!! Kristin :)
Okay, I commented on the wrong blog! This is the one I looked at before I wrote about "creative ways to avoid showing his face."
;) Having that sort of month!
Love the pics and I stand by my words. You live a good life. Thanks for letting me be a small part of it!
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