{ oh christmas tree }

Being in the new house means something very exciting for Christmas - we have room for a tree! I thought it would be fun to head out and go cut down our own at a tree farm but life got in the way and well, we got lazy. So we headed a few miles away to a local floral shop owned by a friend that opens a tree lot for the holidays.

We hyped the excursion to Oliver and Stella and ended up with a Noble Fir. Oliver was less than enthused, he must have wanted a Fraser.

We loaded her up and hauled her home.

We made a pit stop on the way to let O and S pick out an ornament at Patina. After 10 minutes steering them away from the $10 breakable ornaments that they loved, they ended up with cupcake ornaments. Little did we know that these would cause major issues once we got home because they actually thought they could eat them. Should have spent the extra $15.

It was fun to see how excited they got about the light and ornaments.

Stella took the job very seriously.

Oliver was especially fond of the hockey player ornaments. Unfortunately that has led to broken sticks on both of them. Oops.

And we've found out that the promise that a Noble Fir will only shed 5 needles total only applies if you don't have toddlers shaking the lower branches vigorously!

Nonetheless, we are loving having a real tree to put us in the holiday spirit!