And if you're still with me, I'm excited that you're not too tired of Christmas-tree-selection posts and have decided to read mine! Let's jump right in shall we?
Holiday traditions are the fuel to my fire this time of year. I absolutely adore the months of November and December and all they have to offer. From enjoying my mothers banana bread on Christmas morning, to setting out cookies for Santa, I sometimes long to be a child again. Is that weird? It's not that the magic of the Holiday is gone by any means, but it's just so different when you're young. I miss laying under the tree with my brother staring up at the lights and watching Christmas movies in our cheery pj's and oddly enough, wrapping presents. I LOVE wrapping presents.
But one thing that my parents never wavered from was having a real tree. People are extremely opinionated about real vs fake for a variety of reasons, but nothing can beat the aroma and experience that a real tree can bring. Derek and I were lazy for the first few years of marriage, but I put down my foot last year with Drew turning almost 2. It was time for him to suck it up and get a real tree set up. This past Saturday we went and picked out our tree and although he chose to not actually do the cutting again this year, he promised that next year he would lumber jack the thing right out of the ground.
Once the tree was purchased, wrapped and on the roof, we head back for a hayride. Drew LOVED riding behind the tractor and I loved the smell of all the trees.
After we were frozen enough, it was time to head inside for Drew's first ever hot chocolate. I'm not sure how he had never had it before, but I realized that he hadn't! Needless to say, the kid loved it and will probably ask for hot chocolate daily from now until summer.
Remember how I mentioned that Derek always had a fake tree growing up? That kinda means he's not an expert in securing the tree to the roof. Exhibit 1 below would be my hand holding the tree seeing as how it was swaying from side to side big time for the first mile. I'm pretty sure my hand was frostbitten by the time we were home. No pain, no gain right?
More pics to come of the decorated tree later this week!
So fun! I love the picture of Drew holding the saw! Classic and completely adorable.
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Um totally wish I was a kid again too!! Haha! Right there with ya! And I grew up having real trees as we'll and Steven did not, but I made sure as soon as we had kids we would always have real trees! I just love it! Happy decorating! :)
ReplyDeleteHaha! I got the pun..and I laughed. ;) I've had a real tree for as long as I can remember. I just LOVE them.
ReplyDeleteHaha that cracks me up! Hope your tree made it home safely! :)
ReplyDeletebanana bread is a Christmas tradition here too!! love it!! what a fun outing to get a tree! yay for holiday memories! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about looking under a tree at all the lights. I already have pictures of Tay and Alex doing it. (Here's a little secret - I moved Alex under the tree; he didn't get there by himself).
ReplyDeleteI grew up with real trees too! We have a fake one now and it's just not the same, I'm determined to get a real one next year!
ReplyDeleteCan you wrap my presents?! :) I always grew up with a real tree and could never imagine making my kids grow up with a lame fake tree. Until I realized that dealing with a real tree (finding time to pick it out, shelling out $$$ for something that'll die in a few weeks, needles that poke me in the feet, trying to remember to water it...) stressed me out too much. We bought a fake tree a few years ago (Lorelai's first Christmas so poor girl has never known a real tree) and although I still have pangs of regret, the ease outweighs the stress for me. But otherwise, I'm definitely pro-real tree!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! :) The title of this post cracks me up.
ReplyDeleteWe always had a real tree growing up, but since I've been married, we've had a fake one. I told my hubby we're going to have to switch back to a real one eventually so our kids can experience that amazing smell! Oh how I miss it! Looks like a fun trip to the tree farm. I love all the pics!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great looking tree! I've always wanted to go and cut one down sometime!
ReplyDeleteI love the smell of real trees, but we forget to water our plants, so I am pretty sure if we got a real tree it would be dead before Christmas. I cheated this year and bought these things called SentSicles to make our fake tree smell real, but nothing really compares to the real thing. So for now we will enjoy other ppls real trees :)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you... I LOVE wrapping gifts!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE wrapping presents, too! It might be near the top of my favorite things at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYour trip to get a tree sounds awesome. I'm begging Scott to do that one of these years.