Yesterday was the day. After the big family Thanksgiving get together and a busy week at work, I could put it off no longer. Rachel and I decorated the house yesterday and we had a blast. We promised the big girls before they left for school that we would leave the big tree for later that night.
Rachel was "surprisingly" helpful. We made it through the day with only one broken ornament and all trees standing.
It is freeing to know that we can put ornaments on the tree this year and they may stay in place and not get rearranged or taken and hidden. It is sad at times to look at Rachel and see a little girl, not a baby, but putting up the decorations felt like a step forward. Be on the lookout for a post that will prove my excitement wrong. Rachel is only THREE.
Mike was our star man, light man and distributor of the "right" ornaments to put on the tree. We smiled at the homemade ones the girls had done, and remembered friends and family that had given us ornaments as gifts. A successful start to the holiday all in all.