There were two obstacles to getting it up on time--1. It was in the "attic." Since I didn't know we had an "attic," I couldn't find the dang thing. 2. We had to move furniture out of the living room in order to put up the tree. Our living room is weird shaped--It's really long and narrow. So any of the normal places I would think to put it would basically be in the traffic pattern. And since we've got a speedy 5 yr old and a humungo dog, the traffic pattern seemed like a bad idea.
So I had to wait for poor Kris to move everything and get the tree from the silly "attic."
And the ceiling is too low for our star. Arrgh. Oh well. All that matters is that it's up and it's fun and (knock on wood) none of the light strings have quit working *yet*.
I thought it would be really fun for Max to have a little tree in his room. I found a teeny white one at Target for like $7 dollars and I just couldn't resist. I stood in the aisle for probably ten minutes trying to decide if I should get it or not, and finally just bought the dang thing.
He loves it. And when we were putting the ornaments on the big tree he kept trying to poach them and put them on his tree. So I let him take a couple of his favorites.
Appropriately sock monkey is the topper. And he has lots of fish. I bought a bunch of red jingle bells back when Max was about two, and used those mainly to decorate the big tree that year. I knew that he wouldn't leave the tree alone no matter what I did, so better safe than sorry. So a bunch of those bells went to Max's tree this year. I think they look really cute.
Pretty cute huh? Just like the little guy himself. Such a cutie.
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Just another place to say thanks for sharing what you are doing way out there , and we're wishing we could be together. I like Max's fluffly white tree.
Love to you all
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I don't think there is a great danger that Max will turn out to be allergic to this tree. And that's a very good thing. A Christmas rash is not a good tradition. Sock monkey looks very calm and serene in his calling, and the green lights against the white tree make a glow that must give the fish some feeling of the comforts of home. I especially like the red bells, for so very many reasons. Funny, isn't it, how we can squeeze Christmas into just about whatever space we have?
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any time i see a sock monkey I think of Maxito. the trees look amazing. Maggie helped me decorate her pink tree for her room then she freaked out when I tried to put it in there. go figure.
We have a sock monkey too!
I love having multiple trees. It helps me spread around all the great ornaments.
I love your tree, and Max's tree! I also LOVE that you're continuing the tradition of putting a tree in the kid's room. That was so totally magic to me!
I love the idea of a kid tree. Maybe we will start that when Isabel is a but older and can be careful. A sock monkey at the top will be just the ticket.
How fun for Max and i loved seeing the sock monkey on top. Who knew when I bought him that he would get a place of such honor. I am glad you bought the tree for Max. Very cheery.
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