We have been putting up a fake tree for the past few years because it just looks so much better. We feel bad that we don't let the kids go out and hunt for a tree and let them "help" cut it down anymore. That was a tradition we wanted to keep going and did the first few years we had the kids. So this year Scott took the kids out to search for a tree on our own property. We wanted something sort of small so we wouldn't have to rearrange the furniture. This is what they found just as the snow started to fall right before the big storm hit. It was the top of a ponderosa pine. It was wider than it was tall. We had to prune the branches back a foot in every direction. The branches were not only huge but scarce. It's our Charlie Brown Christmas tree for sure. It was free and the kids were totally in charge of picking it out, hanging the lights and ornaments. They were sure proud of it. Oliver liked it too, even so much he pulled a big glass ball off and carried it to the other room. Unfortunately it exploded in his mouth. I didn't enjoy having to sweep the inside of his mouth and around his tongue with my hands to get the shards of glass out but he quickly learned his lesson. Pretty to look at, not to eat.
Good job kiddoes!
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