O Tannenbaum!!!

We decorated our Tannenbaum tonight!!!

Mom put up our lights (we went multi-colored this year, I think I actually prefer plain white though) Friday morning before she went up to New York with her best friend. Haha, quick sidenote: she went up with her friend to go to like an Irish rock concert and she came home and both of them were just like excited teenage girls! They came in the door giggling and laughing at numerous inside jokes, and then asked me to take their picture...which we did for like five minutes straight cause they had to get their hair right, or the hat was tilted the wrong way, or the smile wasn't good enough, or SOMETHING. It was HYSTERICAL. Then my mom was Irish "jigging" around the house for awhile, which was a SIGHT. She was actually pretty good, it was just really funny. ;D

End sidenote.

So we got all our ornaments out from the shed and started decorating! All three kids like "called" a section of the tree. Our grandparents buy us a special ornament every year that goes with a theme. Like Sanya's are all from a granddaughter collection, Josh has different kinds of firetrucks (like not plastic...REALLY cool old classic firetrucks), and I have all Dr. Seuss ornaments and Christmas Visitors. We each got our section and started decorating. I am SO SLOW...everything has to be just right, and I re-organized stuff like a bagillion times!!! But I'm happy with it now. :]

Each of us also have trains from like our first Christmases (is that a WORD??? it looks odd...). Haha, there's one picture of me where I look MISERABLE. And apparently that's how I look in half my baby pictures. My parents have told me that I was an extremely happy child...but everyone at church always thought I was upset cause I never smiled in front of other people...things have certainly changed...haha. So in the picture I'm in this angel costume in front of a 'manger' set-up, and I'm just miserable...it's SO funny.

We had lots of fun tonight decorating, it was really nice. I love our Tannenbaum. We have SO many ornaments that you always notice something different. Haha, did I mention I have a Timon and Pumba ornament?? I put it front and center this year. :D

Yaaaaaay Tannenbaum!!!!!!