Christmas doesn’t begin at the Mac House without a trip to the Christmas tree farm.  We headed up to a farm outside of town, saw reindeer, waved at Santa and trekked all over the farm looking for the perfect tree.   The weather was oddly warm and the kids played and played all over while trying to convince us to bring home 15-foot high trees that wouldn’t fit through our front door.

 We settled on a nice 6 foot tree and brought it home for some preschool decorating.  Some people decorate their trees with a theme.  They choose a couple of colors or decorate with all glass balls.  Our theme this year was… Unbreakable Ornament Clump.  I only pulled out ornaments that would be hard to break and let the kids have at it with the decorating.  They had a ball.  Our ornaments are mostly about 2 feet off the ground and are kind of clumped together.  I spent the first week the tree was up artfully redecorating and then gave up.  The ornaments are fun to play with and it’s more important to me that we have a tree that makes all of us happy rather than one that is perfectly arranged. 

 

The kids gave Santa their wish lists.  Clare wanted a real kitten, a real puppy, Elsa and Anna’s Castle and red high heeled shoes.  Uhhhh, no we’re not getting a cat or a dog.  Elsa and Anna’s Castle is sold out and there ain’t no way I’m buying my five-year-old high heels.  Sammy had one simple request – ducklings.  Stay tuned for how well Santa Claus handled those requests.