Behind the Scenes

In an attempt to not look like we had the "perfect christmas tree adventure" i was going to add this to the previous post & forgot:

We had been looking at our calendar for a date to go & get our tree...I told Scott that Sunday was out because we had other plans & it would be too much for the girls to do it ALL (w/out naps).

After looking at the forecast & realizing that it would be raining this week (which it is) & w/the rest of our schedule, Sunday seemed to be the only time for the next 2 weeks...

So, off we went.  =)

This is the only family shot that we got...& it is far from perfect...
you can't even see the girls' faces...

Anyways...on with "the truth"...

While we did have a fabulous excursion......we went right after church (which means the girls were tired to start!) & this place is a bit far from our house...so a long drive to & from....but it was worth it cause we had a grand time...

when we got home we had to change out of our bbq-smoke smelling clothes w/pine needles randomly stuck to them....& into our "nice" clothes!  Scott's cousin's wedding reception was at Bent Creek at 4pm...so  we were on a time crunch!  I had the girls ready in record time...with cute semi-matching outfits & then i proceeded to find something...or really anything that i could quickly grab to wear.....

In the meantime my completely exhausted oldest daughter was sent to her room because she was FUSSING....

well..don't you know 5 minutes later when Scott went to get her to start the coat procedure...

she had peed in her bed, soaking down to the mattress...& of course her whole outfit was done!

you'd think finding something else to wear would be simple & fast right??? 

well...apparently she recently had a growth spurt...because nothing that i was trying on her was fitting! 

30 minutes later she was finally "ready" for the 2nd time. 

(& we were 30 minutes late for the reception.)

But, we had a great night & the next day i proceeded to decorate the tree! 

All was going well.  I had the lights on (& they were all working) & all the decorations were on...GREAT!  only to find the next morning that half of the lights were out....

& it's still that way...

i told scott that it would need to stay that way this year & he of course wouldn't have it

(i was just kidding...kinda)

....but w/a 2 & 3 year old eager to help....decorating the tree took on a whole new meaning...

So- their you have it...the details behind all of the pretty pictures!  =) 

& so far only one ornament has been broken.

 

All in all...I am glad that our tree is in our living room...cause who knows when we'd get it. 

The girls were A MESS monday & tuesday....& i blame it on the craziness of Sunday....

hoping that today (Wed.) is a bit happier on the toddler front!

 

so- while i try to post the pictures that i like on this blog & delete the not so good ones...

please know that all is normal here at our house....we are not picture perfect!  =)

K...gotta go & water the tree...i keep forgetting to do that.