Decorating for Christmas

Today we put up our Christmas tree and decorated for Christmas. This was kind of exciting because last year we were in the hospital most of the month of December (Dec. 3-20) so we didn't get a chance to decorate. Ashlyn enjoyed putting ornaments on the tree -- she had a system: she tried to always match the color of the ornament with a colored light on the tree. It was funny to watch because she was so serious about it. Lynnea thought the Christmas tree was pretty great. She laughed and laughed when she saw me putting a tree up in her house. She has a fascination with trees in general, so having one in her house is pretty exciting. The only issue we had with all of this decorating was trying to convince Ashlyn that, once we were done hanging the ornaments on the tree, they needed to stay on the tree, they aren't for her to take off and play with. She's having a tough time with the concept, but I'm sure she'll figure it out eventually.