Deck the Halls

The day after Thanksgiving, we helped Linda and Leland put up their Christmas decorations. After seeing how quick and easy it was to put up a tree that was already assembled and lit, I think we'll be looking for one of those for our next tree!

Kelli and Scott were excited to decorate their tree so they could each try to put their baby ornament at the top of the tree. It's an ongoing battle - one ornament will mysteriously move to the bottom of the tree and the other will magically appear on the top branch of the tree.

Scott put his bell ornament on the top of the tree and is trying to block Kelli from moving her ball ornament to the top.


I think he said "Seeee, isn't the bell perfect for the top of the tree?"


But then Scott walked away and Kelli relocated his ornament and moved hers to the top. She was showing Karsten how pretty her ornament looked at the top of the tree.


They eventually compromised on having their ornaments at the EXACT same level. Once that was decided, the rest of the tree could get decorated. Trent and Taylor were in charge of putting all of the ball ornaments on the tree. They did a great job - at one point someone reminded them that there was a back to the tree. I always have that problem, I want all the ornaments to be in the front where we can enjoy them!


This huge snowman came out with the Christmas decorations. I wondered if Karsten would be scared of him, but no way, he was very intrigued by him. He thought it was hilarious when the snowman (with some help from Aunt Kelli) tickled his tummy.


Karsten was able to show me where the snowman's mouth and nose were. Then he showed me where his mouth and eyes were, and my mouth and eyes. :)


We tried to get a picture of all three boys, but Karsten had enough of the snowman and he was off and running. Great picture of Trent and Taylor with the snowman!