The Sunday after Thanksgiving, we pulled our Christmas tree out of the basement storage and started setting it up. The boys were so excited. We turned on some Christmas music to set the mood!
Mace helped me put the tree stand together, put the tree together and plug in the lights. He was so excited to see the lights and to start putting ornaments on the tree. He found a Santa hat and wore it the whole time we were decorating. Cruz wasn't too happy with the tree. I could be because we were putting the ornaments in the wrong spot or because we kept telling him "no" every time he would rip an ornament off the tree. Who knows, but he was grumpy!
It was so cute to watch Mace focus and try really hard to do a good job in decorating the tree.
This is my favorite spot on the tree (and hopefully Cruz will allow it to stay in place!) Mace hung all these ornaments in the same spot. He was so proud of himself! I love it!!
We really tried hard to get Cruz in the Christmas spirit!
The next day, we went to Draper Park for their tree lighting ceremony. We missed the actual lighting, thanks to me getting home later than expected, but we still got to see Santa and get a few cookies. Mace told Santa that he wants a dinosaur, a book and a Lightening McQueen shirt. Santa gave the kids a coloring book. It is the end of the week now, and they still love carrying them around.
When we got home from the park, Cruz ripped the stockings off the shelf. Mace put them on and had a lot of fun.
This was the best shot we could get of Cruz. He was grumpy again! It was either bed time or Cruz is a Scrooge! haha
i love the picture of Mace reflected in the ornament. i really want a picture of Ruby like that this year, but i doubt she'll stay still long enough to get it. great shot!
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