December 2, 2007 - A Christmas Tree and A Christmas Card

We decorated the Christmas tree with the kids today. We took the opportunity to do so while Sam was napping upstairs so he couldn't get into everything. The kids were all dressed up so we could take some pictures decorating the tree and hopefully snap some good portraits to use for our Christmas cards.

Nicholas had the privilege of turning on the lights

Helping Papa put some of the ornaments on.

With each passing year we get more and more handmade ornaments and no more room for my ornaments. It is so neat to see Nicholas and Gabrielle remembering when they made some of them last year. It is truly amazing how much they can remember at this age - of things that happened a whole year ago.

Time to take some pictures in an effort to get a good card.
Would you believe I took over 150 pictures in the process?

I decided that the key to getting a good shot of Sam, was to keep him occupied. So....I wrapped up a great big empty box we had in the basement and put some bows and ribbons on it and let him explore it and the tree. It worked, we got quite a few great pics.

A Christmas Card Success (picture #135)

After the photo shoot, Sam got adventurous in the other room and figured out how to climb up onto Gabrielle's rocking chair. He is a mischief maker in the making.