O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

On Sunday I decided to put up my Christmas tree. I don't really like my tree - it's articficial. I grew up in a home where every year we'd go to the u-cut farm and pick us out an awesome tree, usually a Douglas fir. Since I moved away, my parents have had noble fir or some kind of spruce, but in my opinion, the Douglas fir is the best. I can even tell you how to easily identify a Douglas fir when out and about. I guess you never forget some things from 6th grade (JF: can you say Waskowitz?)

I wasn't sure how Mandy would react to the tree, so I didn't put any ornaments on it. The girl loves to jump, so I could easily see her making her flying squirell leaps to and from the tree. I was right. The girl loves it! She didn't knock the tree over, so I put lights on it. Plus, a Christmas tree without lights or ornaments looks pretty pathetic. I did buy a small Charlie Brown type treeto put on the counter (Mandy's final frontier if you will) so I could actually put up a few ornaments. I really don't like Mandy climbing in the tree and chewing on lights, but she is just so gosh darn cute!

Mandy after learning how to unroll toilet paper

Mandy assaulting the Mariner Moose