tree and snow

We put up the Christmas tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It was a real family affair. We exchanged Ted's tool bench for his train table in the attic. The tool bench keep everyone busy while Ben got down the Christmas boxes.




Ted on a "treasure hunt" in the attic.


The tree. This picture really does it no justice. We got these great bigger lights at Sam's. We finally broke down and bought an artificial tree last year. SO GLAD we did. We always ended up with a Charlie Brown tree. Currently, all the ornaments are now above Sophie's extended reach.


Ted does not like the nativity scene to be the traditional "the semi-circle around Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus." It's more like they're on a trip all going in the same direction. It drives Ben crazy and he always fixes it - and Ted promptly makes them the traveling nativity.


It snowed several inches a couple Saturdays ago. It was great! Ted loved it.