Trimmin' the Tree

People often ask me why I do Monday night dinner, every single Monday night, hosting a potluck for neighbors and friends. Well this is the very reason: After a very busy weekend, I didn't have the energy or desire to decorate the tree. So I plotted an evil plan. Put up the tree and wait. Wait for the Monday nighters to arrive & have them decorate the tree. A kind of holiday spin on the Tom Sawyer white wash the fence story.

My plan worked even better than I had imagined. Eve & Eli arrived first with their parents in tow. They were just like a Christmas decorating Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the Cat in the Hat. It was a frenzied blur of ornament hanging.

You might think I took a bad picture of Eve. But it was all Eve's fault. She was moving too fast for the camera.



Here Eli is giving his Mom important design advice. See Mary, I didn't take a picture of your backside this time.



Thank you Boone Robinsons for your expert assistance. I hope that you are excited as I am to put it all away when you return from Iowa.