We had originally planned to just have a little fake 3 ft. Christmas tree this year since we will be spending Christmas in Portland. We put it up around Thanksgiving time. Mommy's patience was running a little thin after Sophie pulled the tree over 4 or 5 times but she was FINALLY learning to leave it alone. About a week ago the armory here in La Grande delivered to our door a real tree. They were giving trees to the families of deployed soldiers. I decided that I couldn't say no to a free tree delivered to our house! It's beautiful and smells AMAZING! Sophie now gets the small tree in her room to do with as she pleases! She doesn't seem to touch the real tree in the living room and even if she did I decided that shatterproof ornaments are the only way to go. Thanks to the Dearingers for letting us borrow their nice tree stand that makes it impossible to tip over the tree. And thanks to Jessica for coming over and helping me put the tree in the stand. It's definitely a two person job! The tree is beautiful and we just wish daddy was here to see it and smell it. :( He loves real Christmas trees.
Sophie got to see Santa the weekend after Thanksgiving at the Festival of Trees at the armory here. She was a bit scared (to say the least!). But in her defense his is a big fat strange man in a red suit with white hair all over his face...I can understand how that would be a little scary! The picture is priceless! Thanks to the Dearingers for helping get pics while I tried to get her to sit on Santa's lap. :)
Last weekend we went to the Dearingers house to have an early Christmas with them before they had to leave town. The girls had a great time exchanging gifts and jumping on the bed! Sophie loves her Disney princess beauty kit and knows exactly what to do with the blow dryer and flat iron (she's been watching mommy!). Taylor loved her Rapunzel doll from the movie Tangled. It was the first movie she ever went to! Maybe next year at Christmas time Sophie will be old enough for us to take to a movie. :) We even took some pics of the girls in their Utah and BSU cheerleading outfits since "our" two teams will be playing each other in the Las Vegas Bowl next week. Again, we are so thankful to have such great friends here in LG. :)
