I just needed you to know that I am so holiday, I have two trees and a menorah in my living room. Sure I can’t sit down with out a branch sticking in my eye but dang, we’ve got the holiday spirit! Hosanna is thrilled.
Actually tree number two was her idea in the first place. It was a direct result in her going out with grandpa to chop down a tree for his house. She came back with a tree for our house and included, her very own little tree. Rumor has it, she chopped the sucker down herself, and carried it all the way back to the truck too. I’d like to think the independence stopped there, but this is Hosanna I’m talking about.
That girl got home and decorated her own tree. Adding pipe cleaners, a strand of lights draped over the top of the tree, the elite ornaments from our “big†tree that could only suffice to be hung on her masterpiece, and more tinsel then should be allowed. Yeah tinsel. The stringy stuff that jumps off the tree onto any and every unsuspecting passer by, harrassing with it’s static cling until you go mad…yeah. tinsel.
Wait a second, is tinsel outlawed? Is this why I can’t find it anywhere? I’m beginning to see the wisdom….my floor. my dog. my cats. and my children are all covered from head to toe in this stuff on a daily basis. “Get in line kids! Time for your daily vacuuming!†Oh why did I stock up on this stuff?!
Anyway, I digress, back to Hosanna’s tinsel infested, pipe cleaner decorated tree. We let her go to the store and pick out a topper for her tree. With the idea of just a small ornament or something simple to make her tree pretty. After turning on every carol playing snow globe, simultaneously, Hosanna proceeded to pick out the biggest star she could get her hands on. This star wasn’t a real tree topper, but really I don’t know what was stopping it. It was already as big as a chihuahua.
At home we figured out a way to rig it to her tree and even shove a few extra christmas lights in to make it glow, and voila! Hosanna’s tree is done.
Taking a couple of pictures, Hosanna was doing to cool thirteen year old thing to do, and refused to give me a real smile. So, I, being just the mom I am said something ridiculous like “show me your teeth†and proceeded to get…well, Hosanna showing her teeth.
literally. she really did it
Wow… you really ARE festive! her tree is loverly.
I plan on making one of those construction paper chains to hang around the house to give elijah something to pull down and eat. gotta keep the kiddos entertained!
Charlie Brown Would be so proud! I love it.. especially that she got to be little miss creative. And Grandma got a tree from Hosanna too! It’s umm.. laying down in the back yard but we hope it makes it to the C-Zone soon.
I like Hosanna’s spunk! And that’s a very funny story at the end. Sounds like she does have a bit of that Karengracefirstborngogetter gene.
Oh- this had me cracking up.
The picture is priceless.
And i love the trees… both of them.
This is a REALLY cute blog! specially when hosanna was showing off her pearly whites! GO HOSANNA!
Yea–we have a menorah, too! It is hard to explain to people why we have a menorah and christmas tree and we are total Jesus freaks! Go Grace and family!
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