It’s heeeere!
This holiday season is basically Intense Emotions Central around le casa de Reid-Strauch: between the fact that it’s Goldie’s first Christmas ever and the fact that it’s our last Christmas in our first house (and our last Christmas on the East Coast for the foreseeable future)…
–> emotions.
All of them.
So this holiday season is about to get milked for all it’s worth. Trips to Rockefeller Center, excursions to holiday fairs, ice skating, cookie-baking…it’s all happening, starting with The Grand Tree Decorating. (Which was slightly less grand this year because apparently the box with all our favorite ornaments was lost to our little incident last summer. No matter, though: it’s just stuff, and gives us an excuse to hit up the Christmas shop in Nyack for more ornaments next weekend.)
I may even craft. (We’ll see.)
This part was like the start of a very bad joke: how many fully-grown adults (and partially-grown children) does it take to locate a Christmas tree plug?
(This is the tree we went for, by the way; I really like it if you’re in the market – the faux water droplets on the ends of the branches aren’t nearly as tacky as they sound and add some nice sparkle. Also, while it was quite expensive for me it will not be nearly as expensive for you, because it just went hugely on sale.)
Anyway, we eventually got it lit. And decorated.
(Somebody borrowed Mommy’s Santa hat.)
On me: Sanctuary Denim shirt (similar); Heathered Easy-On Shoe ℅ Crocs; Hanes Leggings; Leopard Santa Hat.
