Tree decorating party

After we brought the tree home we started our family Christmas tree decorations party! We made cookies, puppy chow and cocoa, put on our favorite Christmas music and started making our decorations. This year we strung gumdrops and cranberries! The kids loved it. We all had a great time. The smell of the pine just made it even better. I'm so happy to have a real tree!!

Pulling off the tree net. Isn't it beautiful?!


Usually I make homemade sugar cookies to decorate with icing, but I decided to go the easier route this time and just got the preshaped holiday dough. The kids got to make them "all by themselves" and it wasn't messy!!


Stringing the cranberries and gumdrops. This was really fun. We didn't end up using the gumdrops garland.. it was taking so long we only got a little bit done and was really messy. Plus Chandler kept eating the gumdrops! :) The cranberry garland turned out great though!

Munching on the goodies!

The order of things is: dad puts up the lights, mom puts up the ribbon, cranberry garland and beads, then the kids put up the ornaments. :) Works out great!

We woke Brayden from his late nap to help hang ornaments, but he wasn't in the party mood! Poor guy. :)

We were so tired after all that! Tom and I both fell asleep cuddling on the couch and didn't wake up until 6:00 this morning!! Ugh. I such a sore neck now! :) We're still tired but we're working on cleaning up the mess from last night and then we're going outside to put up the lights on the house! So much fun!

I'll post a picture of the finished tree later on. We're going today to get out angel for the top. I found a gorgeous one at Sears. She's crimson and gold and fits wonderfully with the tree decorations.

Have a great day!