After Thanksgiving and a few more days in Nashville to get packed up...Steph and the little people flew back to Vegas with me. This gave Jake a couple weeks to study and take his finals and not worry about neglecting his family. They were in Vegas having fun with Grammy and Pa.
The first order of business was to get ready for Christmas.
I don't enjoy assembling our tree...so I was glad Steph was ready to tackle the job.
Ethnie was happy to help by decorating the little trees
There is always a string or two that works fine
...until you get them on the tree.
So frustrating.
Ta-da...Ethnie's trees are done.
Duke wants to help too.
Now to put the ornaments on the big tree.
This year we went simple...apples, birds and red berries.
Nothing the little hands couldn't hold or play with.
But Duke decided that the red berries looked tasty
...so they moved up out of reach on the tree.
So much good help.
Luckily Eli found his way to our house
It must have been a very tiring trip from Santa's workshop.
After a few days Simon joined him.
Both Pa and Ethnie were so glad to be back together
so they resume their ritual cookies and milk before bedtime .
Hmmmm...good.
Steph's Blog of this activity.
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