Hunting the Perfect Tree

Why pick out a Christmas tree in the summer or on a warm fall day when you can wait for it to be bitterly cold and windy to do it?

Lessons for the day.

1. 4YOs look for different things in a tree than adults.
   
   
2. While it makes sense to buy mittens for the kids, buying some for the adults isn't a bad plan, either.



3. A cup of hot cocoa and a tree wrapper is all it takes to make a 4YO forget about the cold.



4. If you are going to put a second layer under the child's clothing, maybe you should think about doing it for yourself as well.



5. While decorating a house for Christmas in a methodical way has its pleasure, nothing can beat watching the joy that small children get out of it, even if it means you end up with blinking lights and stockings that are "out of order."
   

All that being said, Max picked out a great tree and we had a lovely time doing it, though it might have been just a little bit more lovely last weekend when it was in the 40s with no wind.