Christmas Tree

 Today we put up the Christmas tree.  I thought that we might as well, because we can and because you can't leave up the tree very long after Christmas, so you have to get your money's worth before the day!  Levi loved it and the final toll was only down one priceless ornament.  Actually the one he broke wasn't to bad, as it was the porcelain one for him last year.  At least when I order the ones for this year, I can just order the same as last year again.  So instead of being down one priceless ornament, we are down one $14 ornament!  Too easy!

Here in Australia you can't really have a real tree.  In the middle of summer and fire season, placing kindling in the house is way too much of a risk and I think it would be nuts to have a real tree.  I have no idea how you would even go about buying a real tree, because I have not seen them.  Actually if you look in the top left of the picture, you will see the other traditional (for me) decoration; the Christmas fire extinguisher!

It is always a little bittersweet for me to decorate the tree.  There are all the ornaments that celebrate Frankie's life and I love that they are there but I am always just a little sad that there is not another little boy (or not so little now) helping with the tree.  There are ornaments as well that Evan and Ross made for me when they were little and I miss them too during these times.  I have no luck with lights but have a theory that you just have a long string and inevitably there will be enough that actually work that it looks like the tree is lit.  The star was very important to Levi today and he kept saying;

"Won't Santa be impressed!" 

 

All told we had a fun afternoon, placing the decorations and dreaming of Christmas!