O Christmas Tree

Like we did last year, K and I put up and decorated the Christmas tree after Moses was in bed (for quite a while actually-- because we have so much going on right now, we weren't even decorating it until 1:00 this morning....).

I am SO pleased with our new tree! I really dragged my feet on getting an artificial tree, but this one did not disappoint. I can sit next to it and not tell it is artificial (except it does lack that good Christmas tree smell).

Moses was so cute this morning. Here was his initial reaction:

Then he tried to eat the apple:

Then he had to run back and get a look from a distance:


And of course, the butterfly on the tree immediately became "Hermie":

We had one more surprise for him this morning. He hasn't been eating very well at breakfast-- I think he is tired of Cheerios and oatmeal breakfast bars/cookies. So we did what any good parents would do-- we bought powdered sugar doughtnuts. And let him eat them on the couch.

Ah, life is good.

But I had been under the impression that artificial trees meant you no longer had the risk of bringing wildlife into the house with you. I guess I was wrong.