Day 19, Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...
One last GOOD picture of our tree before all the needles fall off! A few days ago I noticed that our tree smelled kinda weird. By weird I mean STINKY! I looked all over the tree thinking the kids had thrown a piece of food into it and it had rotted and smelled. I discovered that the entire trunk was moldy! Very disappointed, and grossed out. So like any other "normal" and "rational" person, I began the process of spraying the trunk with bleach. I then put bleach into the tub of water that the tree was "drinking" out of. Well, my house smells wonderful now! Did I mention, I love the smell of bleach?? So.....please little tree can you make it til Christmas??
This is Olivia's favorite ornament. It is a soldier from the Nutcracker. Chris was on the Canton Ballet Board for three years. So we had to attend the Nutcracker Ball each year to raise money. We would always buy the kids the ornament that they had each year. We gave this to Olivia three years ago, and she put it on the tree as the first ornament. She hung it up, turned around to get another one, and it fell all the way down the tree and broke. She was so upset. On Christmas morning, the last present Olivia opened was a replacement soldier ornament with a note from Santa explaining how sorry he was that she broke hers and that he had the elves make her a new one. It is still her favorite one!
No surprise, this is Owen's favorite. He really thinks it is funny that Spiderman has a Santa hat on.
This is one of Chris's favorite ones. His mom got if for him MANY years ago. He gets plugged into a lite and skates around like he is ice skating.
Although my all time favorite ones are the ones that the kids make, this one is a very special one. Chris and I got it from a street vendor on our honeymoon in San Fransisco in 1998. I love that it is the golden gate bridge with Santa flying over. By the way, my mom still has a paper candle I gave her from Kindergarten!
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