The Rise and Fall of our Christmas Tree

I am kind of high maintenance about Christmas trees. One year when I was about 15, my mim tried to put up a fake tree. And I threw a FIT! Long story short, we had two trees that year. A boring fake tree in the front room and a gorgeous, fragrant real tree just for me in the family room decorated with my ornaments exclusively! Anyways, this year has made me realize that I need to get over my need for a beautifully adorned, perfect tree. I have a 17 month old and an almost 3 year old. Sheesh.


I insisted this year that we wait until about a week and a half before Christmas to get our tree so it would be fresh and pretty and lovely. This is right after I decorated it... (the pic was taken with my iPhone so forgive the lovely blurred quality)

Soooo pretty right?? Let us take a tour...

First, this happened.

Then this.

                                                                                   And finally, this.

So my tree then morphed into this:

And lastly this:

Soon, only the top 1/4 will be decorated. .Sigh.