Oh, Christmas Tree...

I know this was a few weeks ago, but we can hope blogger cooperates a little bit better tonight :-) because I just have so many pictures to share!

Our Tree Night:

We started by clearing the corner where the tree would reside for a few weeks, and Kiera absolutely melted down because we had to move her little card table. Totally lost it. I tried to be patient, because I know she is the whole "normal routine" stage, but it was not the best way to start the evening. Then we were off with a trip to Top Foods, because we are cheap and their trees were $20 (that was the whole Oreo incident as well) and returned home where I started on a lovely French Toast and sausage dinner and Gabe set up the tree. Dinner was yummy; the girls adore sausage, but I rarely buy it :-) I just think it's kinda weird, so it doesn't make my top 25 grocery list!

Then we started decorating! Kiera was fine with the tree once it actually took the place of her table- she just didn't like the table being put away.

Kiera was so funny to watch. She loved decorating, but kinda got stuck in one little area. Over and over.

You can see here that she is not afraid of heights.

Melia, on the other hand, clinging to Daddy's head...

Then grasping the tree....

The Look of Pure Christmas Joy.

Another Kiera job.

Gabe had to run out for something, and while he was gone, we dug out all the little trees to put around the house. Melia has her own little tree, but Kiera was adamant that she not have a tree in her room. So, we put it in the bathroom.

And this is what happened. She moved. But still wouldn't let me put the tree in her room.

Melia also found the star for our tree while Gabe was away, and she told me that she was praying that Jesus would help her not be afraid to put the star on the top of the tree. So when Gabe got home, we set in on the star project.

I'm not sure she was not afraid, especially since she kept saying "NO!" and "I don't want to do it!" Ok, so she was terrified. In fact, I believe Gabe was lucky not to have his ear or nose removed, but he escaped unscathed. However- we felt this needed extra pushing- so we pushed.

And Melia was very happy that Jesus helped her put the star on top of the tree.

PS. Did you know Gabe hates tinsel? *GRIN*