It has become tradition that each year the grandkids help Grandma Mansfield put up her kid Christmas Tree. Grandma buys each grandkid an ornament each year. The kids put up all their ornaments and then they decorate with all of grandmas other ornaments (which is a lot, if you know grandma). They all have a great time. I always enjoy watching the bigger kids trying to get their ornament the highest on the tree. And the little kids think that all their ornaments need to be hung from the same branch (or light strand). Grandma is in charge of handing out the ornaments, and Grandpa helps the little kids reach high places. The parents even get involved a little, mostly taking pictures. You should see how many flashes go off in that room. Then when the tree is all decorated we all get to enjoy Grandmas delicious homemade eggnog. My favorite part. I was especially grateful for this tradition this year. It's nice that the kids got to help decorate some tree. We haven't put our tree up yet. We thought we would go back to our roots and try out an old German tradition of putting the Christmas tree up on Christmas Eve. Really, we are just waiting for our new house to be finished. We would really like to have Christmas there. The way things look, I think we will get to try out that German tradition after all.
Look Janice, there is actually a picture of me on this post.
4 comments:
I'm glad your kids got to decorate a tree. If you wait till christmas eve you may end up with a Charlie Brown tree which may not need much to be decorated...they might not all get to help.
Oh thank you for posting a pic of you. I miss your beautiful face. The kids are getting so big. You are not though... you are tiny. When are you due again? Soon right?
Decorating Grandmas tree is a wonderful tradition the kids will remember all of their lives. What fun. Sure hope you are in your home for Christmas. That would be a Christmas present all on its own.
So fun!! u have an awesome family!! I miss those cute lil mansfield kids dangit!!
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