Tree Trimmin'

For the past 4 years, Ben and I have been a bit lazy...we haven't put up a Christmas tree. Well...we do have this little table-top tree that we called our Christmas tree, but it is starting to look a little bit squashed from all of our moves...and it definitely won't fit all the presents for Jonas underneath it! I also admit that deep down I was worried that Jonas might somehow remember if we didn't put up a Christmas tree. So, to avoid having him use his deprived childhood as an excuse for any sort of bad behavior he may have as a teenager, we took him to pick out a tree this year.

Here he is looking for the best one...

And here, I just wanted to document the wonders of the "stow and go" seating in our new minivan. Yes, a minivan. But seriously...look at this...we fit our TREE in it!
And here Ben demonstrates how to trim the Christmas tree...
And here Jonas demonstrates that it is MUCH to close to bedtime to be messing with the over-stimulating task of tree trimming!
Here is the finished product...mostly decorated AFTER Jonas has gone to bed. Now we just have to see if it stays decorated!

We also put lights on the OUTSIDE of our house this year...and I did also document this milestone with a picture. But then I became paranoid about posting that picture on the internet because you can see our house number... So I guess you'll just have to take my word for it! :)
Happy Holidays!