...we spent some time at my childhood home...I am always grateful that I got to grow up in this peaceful and beautiful location...
...we walked down to the river (aka swimming hole) with my brother and sweet SIL...
...and we had a delicious
Vegan Thanksgiving meal that I already posted about...
...and Scout took an online test for his statistics class...
...and a cousin's game of basketball was played...
...we drove home Saturday morning...and then almost immediately went tree shopping...at...you guessed it our local Food Lion...they had quite a selection of fresh bargain priced trees...
...so we chose one that we thought would fit in our house and loaded it up...
...got it home...and trimmed it up...
...and got it into it's stand and gave it a drink...
...meanwhile...we made whole wheat bread...
...we brought the tree inside...and kitten was thrilled...
...and this year we're setting the tree up in the den instead of in the living room which is on the front of the house...
...it really didn't make sense to put it in the front room as we rarely sit in there...so that made the tree kindof just for show...for the people outside looking in...and not for US...
...so this year...we're putting the Christmas tree in the den where we can enjoy it...and...if we open the front door...you can see it through the foyer from the street...
...Scout trimmed the top...
...and we got the 'snow' tree skirt in place...Mom always did this when we were growing up...it's just a white bed sheet rumpled and tucked around the tree...
...we had a delicious vegan beef stew for dinner on our Christmas plates...it's always so much fun to get those out and use them each year...
...maybe I'll do a post tomorrow about those two delicious loaves of beautiful Tunisian Bread...
...the kiddos checked all the lights...
...and then added them to the tree...
...we dressed up our Jack-Jack as Santa...of course...
...and then he attacked the Santa hat...no idea why...but it was funny...he actually got really feisty after being dressed up...and ran around all crazy for a while...
...so then we dressed kitten up as Santa...and she was definitely not impressed...
...then Our Girl and I put the
knitted tinsel on the tree...Scout said we should have done it before we put the ornaments on...but I don't know...when do you put your tinsel/garland on?...
...and finally...Scout put the star on top...
~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!
such a nice story! love how tall Scout is! and i'm not surprised that Kitten didn't like the suit, haha!
ReplyDeletelove, k
Our pets have never appreciated being dressed up!
ReplyDeleteHa! What a festive post, full of seasonal family delights. How wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAnd I always put the garland on before the ornaments. ;)