'Tis the Season Y'all

Since we couldn't get our tree yesterday, we had to bring Daddy along to get it today.  Good thing too.  I would have had to get a smaller tree had I had to bring it home myself.  Daddy carried the 6+ foot tree we wound up getting.  He said it wasn't too bad if he kept changing positions. Oh dear.

Alex was really excited for this.  This is the first tree he can remember getting.  When we selected it, he declared it to be the biggest tree we ever had!  (Our artificial tree, not used since his first Christmas, is actually bigger.)   He didn't want any mini-tree this year.  He's a big boy now!



Alex at Mangone's among the mini trees

When we got it home and tried to get it into the tiny stand we had, I remembered why I'd bought my first artificial tree some 24 years ago and never looked back.  There was no getting this trunk into this tiny stand.  We erected the tree in a planter loaded with soil, soaked the soil and then Daddy took Alex to White Plains for some shopping.  He would include a new tree stand when he returned.

Even then, it took some doing. 

Alex wanted to decorate it so badly.  He was quite upset when we explained that it would have to wait until tomorrow.

This is so exciting.  He actually gets it now.  He really gets it.