Decorating the tree

Our schedules have been so busy with Jason's work, the many school activities, and my girl's weekend away that we hadn't had any time to decorate the Christmas tree. It took a week for us to even move it off the patio and into a stand in the apartment. Last Thursday night was finally the night we had designated as the tree decorating night since we wanted to get it decorated before we went to Vienna. The girls were so excited to decorate the tree and wanted to immediately put the star on top. We had to explain that the star goes on last and that they would put it on together. After explaining that both girls were eager to get all the ornaments on the tree. Ali helped Jason put the lights on the tree and then the kids quickly whipped all the ornaments out of the box. We had to give them a little direction so that all the ornaments didn't end up in the same location but all in all they did a great job.