It's begining to look a lot like Christmas...

Our usual tradition is to set up our tree and put our Christmas lights up the day after Thanksgiving. However, since I was on a plane that day it didn't happen that way this year. Kevin put up our outside lights while we were gone, so when we came home we were greeted by beautiful Christmas lights. This last Saturday I put up the tree and a few more decorations. A couple years ago we bought a fake tree...I know, I know, some of you would never do such a thing. But I must say, after our last couple trees, it is sure nice to just take the tree out of the box and set it up whenever you want. One of our last real trees in San Jose was infested with spiders...gross. Our poor angel was covered in them. Between that and all the needles that drop, I'm loving our fake, pre-lit tree. Not quite the same smell...but beautiful none the less.

Here are a few pictures of Ethan helping me decorate, and the finished product. Ethan is doing a great job, for the most part, not touching the tree. I put a couple decorations out that he can play with, so I think that helps.