Trimming the tree (and kitchen)

Trimming the tree was so much fun this year!!  After we got the big ole girl in the house, set up and watered, it was time for decorating.

Beanie jumped right in, and started with several of the ornaments she's made for us this year.

Cora was enjoying chewing on some of the new "C" ornaments we got for her this year too.

A little teamwork really helped speed the process along!  The soft needles of the tree didn't bother any of us and this step ladder made easy work for anything 4ft and under on our tree.

BOTH smiling and working together!

and i have to tell this story.  While we were getting the ornaments out, Beanie went into the kitchen and single-handedly put a bell on each and every drawer and cupboard pull in the entire kitchen.  Sure, they are for the tree--and we even got them 3 years ago when Amara was obsessed with bells. Neither of us had any desire to move or change them, since she was so sweet to help us--and she was so proud of herself when she was done.  Even as I type this, I'm looking around the kitchen at her handiwork and it makes me smile with each bell I see.