Rockin' Around

 The Christmas tree! The day after Thanksgiving, after we had celebrated we left the boys at my parent's house and headed out for Black Friday shopping. After getting five hours of sleep (which I actually don't think is too bad considering!) we brought the boys back home. I thought we would all nap, but it turns out the weathers was super nice and the boys were ready for the Christmas decorations.

Hubby worked outside on getting the leaves mulched up and Christmas lights up. I got the fall stuff out and let the Christmas stuff explode all over my kitchen. On Saturday we finally put the tree up.

Every year this part gets more fun. The boys were at the stage this year that they could put up most of the ornaments without help. Here were a couple that brought back some memories...

JJ's first Christmas ornament. I couldn't wait to start putting these kinds of ornaments on the tree!

 A Potato Head ornament. Fitting for our family, who has over 80 potato heads now!

 A fish ornament that Diana gave us the first year or two of marriage. I figured that fragile thing would be in pieces by now, but it just keeps swimming!

And finally, our two helper elves who helped us put the decorations on it...

 One surprise they had this year was that Great-Grandma gave us Great-Grandpa's train to put around the tree. The boys were so excited! 

 They have been told many times that they couldn't play with it and it has finally clicked now, but oh how they love that train! It is a reward for them to get to see it before they go to bed.

(& I included this picture only b/c JJ is sitting how I used to sit when I was little. hehehe)