Cutting Down our Christmas Tree

This year we went back to the same place we have been going for a few years, Grace Farms in Central Square.  They are always very nice and helpful and have good prices for the trees.  We have had fun every year we went there, so it was an easy choice to go back.

There were baby trees planted in every spot where someone had cut down a tree previously. Cameron and Leah loved the baby trees and wanted to "pet" each one of them.

Cam with a baby tree

And Leah with one

After a bit of searching, we found a giant tree that made everyone happy - tall enough, full enough, the right type of tree.  Tim crawled underneath to cut it down.

Full length shot of the tree while Tim chops it.

Leah watching Tim cut it down (from a safe distance, of course)

Cameron watched from a REALLY safe distance

There it goes!

Timber!

A picture so we could count the rings

Leah standing on the stump

And Cameron on the stump

The tree in machine that winds twine around it to make it easier for bringing home

It got pretty thin!

After we got our tree into the trailer and went back up to the front of the farm, we went in to get cookies and hot cocoa.

Leah loved the cookie

Cam drank a ton of hot cocoa

Ms. Sprinkle Lips

They also had a donkey and some sheep to pet and feed.  Mama was the only one who wanted to actually pet them.  Both animals were so soft and were very sweet.

Feeding a very soft sheep

The tree in our trailer - it is huge!

The tree was so big and heavy that we knew Tim and I couldn't bring it in ourselves, so we enlisted Uncle Matt to come over and help bring it into the house.  It was a good thing we asked him because even he and Tim struggled to get the tree in on their own, it was so heavy.

Yikes - giant tree!

The tree, unbound and sitting in our family room, ready to decorate.  The kids love our big tree!

Sunday Fun

On Sunday of the Mama and Kiddos weekend, we spent most of the day hanging out at home. I asked Cameron if he wanted to do something special for breakfast and he asked to make muffins together. What a sweetie! We had fun making them and enjoyed eating them.

After Leah took a nap we headed out to Friendly's for lunch and then went to play at the Tree. It was the first time I have taken the kiddos out to eat myself, and we did pretty well. Nana came when we were just about finished eating our lunch, and it was nice to have her there while we were finishing up.

We went over to the Tree, which is a huge kid's play area. There were SO MANY kids, it was crazy. Leah really wanted to crawl all over the place, so I was running around after her to make sure that she didn't get stepped on by anyone. She had a blast.

Playing with the spinning pieces and sticking her tongue out like a goof

Cam riding on a lady bug

A video of Cam and Leah going down the slide. If you get sick from shaky videos, you might not want to watch (especially at the end).

After the Tree, we headed back home for naptime. Cameron fell asleep almost right away, but Leah decided there was no napping for her. Instead she crawled around and played while I did work around the house. At one point she crawled under the table and was so proud of herself for standing up on the chair.

She has been using her snuli (aka pacifier) a ton lately. I think her teeth are coming in because she chews on it like crazy.

It was a good weekend, just the three of us. We had a lot of fun together and both kids were very well behaved, and even slept in pretty well.