Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...

Today we got our Christmas tree, but it wasn't as easy as we expected. Our plan was to go to IKEA, get our tree and be on our way but that's not what happened. When we got to IKEA we found out that they only had trees 3 meters high. They showed us the smallest one they had, but it was way to big for our apartment. I was very upset. I had my mind set on getting a Christmas tree (I even found eggnog the day before so we could drink it as we decorated) and it looked like that wasn't going to happen. I started to cry.

Luckily Toby remembered that they had trees at some nurseries on Thompson Road. Toby figured out how to get there and we were on our way, until we saw a traffic jam. I, again, was upset because part of the Christmas tree fun is getting the tree and I wasn't having fun. We were turning around when Toby realized that the nurseries weren't that far away, so we continued on and my mood was restored. We found a great tree (shipped from the US) and brought it home.

We decided to decorate the tree while Elyse was napping. We got out the eggnog began to decorate. It was a little slower than at home because the ornaments didn't have hooks. We had to tie fishing line together to hang them, but in the end we had a decorated tree, well half of a decorated tree since we didn't hand any ornaments on the back where we would never look.

When Elyse woke up, she was very curious about the tree. It was fun to see her look at it and point out all of the ornaments. So far she hasn't tried to take any of the ornaments off. We will see what tomorrow brings.

I am so happy that we found a tree! It smells and feels like Christmas (even if we are in our shorts).