Neko is beyond excited about Christmas this year. Seriously, she’s been talking about it since July. So when she realized it was actually getting a bit closer, thanks to the decorations in every store, she began to get ansty. When were we getting a tree? When would we see Santa? When would there be snow? I have no control over the weather, and I think we’re going to hold out on visiting the big guy until I need an ace up my sleeve…but a tree? That we can do.
We ceremoniously waited until the day after Thanksgiving, and then visited a great tree farm where we found the perfect tree. (We also picked up one for my parents, in case you notice two trees on top of the car.) The hardest part of the day was explaning to Neko that mad-scientist dad insists on soaking the tree for 24 hours in some fire-proofing solution, so we’d have to decorate tomorrow.
Plied with candy canes, we got her to agree. And Shep was just excited to throw the ball ornaments across the room for hours on end.