Friday, December 11, 2009

O Christmas Tree!

One of my favorite events every year is putting up the Christmas tree at Aaron's parent's house. They always have a large real tree and putting it up is a fun family event.
Here are the kids watching the men put up the tree.

Piers putting the angel on top of the tree. Aaron tried using a yard stick to get her on top, but she kept falling (which brought much laughter from the younger crowd). Piers is standing on the top of a 5ft step ladder and the angel's head is about an inch from the ceiling.

Sarah modeling the tree skirt and doing a little dance.

And my favorite part of the whole event, putting tinsel on the tree.
To get the tinsel to the top of the tree, we shoot it out with a vacuum running in reverse.
We end up with tinsel in the ceiling fans, down the stairs, in people's hair, all over the place.

2 comments:

  1. I want to see a video on the vacuum tinsel shooting! (Your trip to the lodge looks fun, too.) Merry Christmas!

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  2. Okay, so I love the tinsel shooting with the vacuum. Now THAT is a family Christmas tradition!

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