It took us a good week to take the tree from strapped to the roof to fully-trimmed so these photos cover that whole time. First things first, Josie saw Louie cutting the low branches and knew exactly what to do. She ran over and grabbed her scissors (which are her new favorite thing on the planet) and began her own pruning.
Ahhh- the lights - also known as "the hour or so we regretted getting a ten-foot tree". Josie provided lots of well-intentioned "help".
As you can see, the whole family got into the holiday spirit - including Venus - who loves our homemade (by someone on etsy.com & not me) felt garland that made our tree extra colorful. (Sidebar: if you aren't familiar with Etsy, do yourself a favor & check it out immediately. All handmade goods by real people in their homes sharing their talents with the world. This has indeed been a "very Etsy Christmas" as we purchased lots of new decor and gifts from there to try bring some "homemade" into our home.)
Watch out "Project Runway" - check out our little designer who re-purposed the treeskirt into this chic holiday attire!
And, last but not least, a few of the fully-trimmed tree, complete with Josephine admiring it & standing in awe at its sheer volume! (We swear it's growing...)
In the photo above & the photo below she is actually "dancing" with the tree, holding on to one of its branches and singing "la, la, la, la, la" because "why not?"
