December 12, 2005
Christmas tree
We were walking up and down the aisles Sunday morning, shivering in the cold, looking at real Christmas trees. Such a decision to make! Tara was skipping and touching and talking. Another adventure for the little girl from Ukraine.
Finally, finally we decided on one, mainly because Austin and I were so cold, our toes were getting numb. We loaded the 7-foot tree onto a cart and hauled it out to the car. But we left John at home! How are we going to get this thing onto the car?
After a few minutes of struggling, we got it in the back of our mini SUV and pushed it forward, right past Tara's seat. She squealed! A tree was going home with us. Wow.
We played some holiday music while we decorated the tree. Tara hung ornaments--all on the bottom branches in a group. Austin suggested I move them, but I think they are in just the right spot.
John and Austin set up the train around the tree. They skipped doing that the last few years, but it seemed like the right time to bring it back out and continue with the tradition. It's a special year, we have Tara now.
Posted to Tara's Story
Sounds fun! You've inspired me to get a move on and get our tree up! I love her ornaments all bunched together. Too cute. ;-)
Posted by: sally at December 13, 2005 08:25 AMTara was so much fun at school today. We finally got to play outside (the temp was high enough). She absolutely loved the snow. She ran around and made footprints, we made snow angels, she helped build a big snowman... We stuck out our tongues and caught snowflakes. It was hard to give up our outside time and go in for lunch! What a fun day watching Tara enjoying every snowflake and every new adventure!! It's such a blessing to be a part of her life.
Posted by: Linda at December 15, 2005 05:35 PM