The Tree

Christmas season can officially begin. We got our tree today. Sarah: "This is my favorite part of Christmas!" Me: "Does that mean we don't have to give you any presents this year?" Sarah: "Get serious, Dad."

Left, the before and after. Sarah picked out the tree herself, was really into the decorating, and is getting to know the stories behind many of the ornaments we have acquired through the years. I may talk more about this as the holidays draw nearer, but I wanted to at least take note that the tree is up. Her first Christmas, 2001, when she was just 18 months old, she couldn't yet say "tree," but would smile and say "gee" with a hard "g". Now she's an old hand at decorating trees.