Our Tree

We brought our Christmas tree home last weekend before all the snow hit. Sylvia was a bit under the weather but enjoyed getting out of the house. She asked to eat at the Dairy Queen while we getting our tree and was sad when I told her they were closed.


Dan set up the tree and put the lights on. Later on, Sylvia and I listened to Christmas music and decorated the tree. She liked saying all the color names while looking at the lights and insisted on hanging ornaments from the light bulbs and not the tree. She was very interested in helping and only dropped and broke two ornaments. I was reminded while decorating that she is only two and does not watch where she is walking. Dan has been busy studying for his third architecture licensing test so he was unable to help us decorate. So, when we were all done we bought peppermint milk shakes and surprised him at the office.


So far, Sylvia is doing a good job of leaving the tree alone. She likes sitting in my lap and telling me about the ornaments. Her favorites are a 49ers football,a Hawkeye snowman holding a football, and a little glass duck. I have some gifts wrapped, but I'm not sure about putting them under the tree yet. With her recent birthday, she now knows what to do with presents.