O Christmas Tree

This year we decided to get a "real" tree. For the past two years we have used an artificial one, but we thought the kids would really enjoy the process of picking out a tree this year. One of these days we will venture out to an actual tree farm, but we didn't seem to have the stamina this year. So Lowe's it was. Of course we got the tree the weekend after Thanksgiving (so these pictures are a few weeks old), and already the needles are beginning to fall off.....by the time Christmas arrives, the branches will probably be snapping off! Oh well.... the kids had so much fun decorating the tree (and their little brother to his dismay!) We used mostly their ornaments this year.....they already have quite a collection of handmade ones:):) Hopefully the tree will still be standing Christmas morning!!