Since we were actually home over the Thanksgiving break, we decided to head out on Friday to get our Christmas tree. It was the perfect excuse to avoid all the Black Friday shopping.....that many people, and that long of lines just wears me out!
The weather was beautiful and hardly anyone was at the tree farm around 11:00, it was perfect!
The tree farm where we go is great because you get to ride in a wagon pulled by a tractor, cut down your tree, then come back inside a warm building for cider/hot chocolate, cookies, and watch their Christmas train go round the tracks. Benjamin loves it!
enjoying a cookie before we head out!
okay, so he enjoyed two cookies before we went out!
time to board the wagon.........Benjamin is obsessed with tractors
he was so mesmerized
loving all the cows!
it took Benjamin 0.5 seconds to take off, find a stick and a rock, and explore. He ran everywhere.
this boy loves to be outside
Hey Dad! Let's get this one!
sitting in front of our Christmas tree!
he would not part with the sticks for the picture :-)
For a little comparison, here is Benjamin sitting in front of our tree last year.......
not sure who loves the Christmas tree hunt more?!
Mommy and her (2) boys!
no, that's not an illusion....my mouth really is that big, ha!
the obligatory bum shot while cutting down the tree!
we got our tree, let's go load up the wagon!
walking down to see the cows while waiting for the tractor to come back
our little family 2011
our little family 2010
he was soooo little!!!
Afterward, we had lunch at Panera's, and headed home. We were supposed to decorate for Christmas together while Benjamin napped, but I ended up doing it all because Peter had a power outage server emergency which caused him to have to work from 2pm to 12:30midnight. OH JOY. So I decorated the house for Christmas, then Benjamin and I spent the evening together and watched Finding Nemo.
The next day, we had a few things to do for company coming that night, then we spent the afternoon decorating the tree!
hanging his ornament from when he was still in Mommy's tummy!
hanging his ornament from last year!
Benjamin & Peter
Mommy & Benjamin
again, here's a pic from our tree decorating last year.....
when did he grow up?!?!?!?!
Can't believe another year has nearly come and gone. And that next year we will have TWO boys.
We love having a house full of snowmen and lights and reminders of Jesus' birth and a glowing Christmas tree. We're ready for Christmas!!
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