Francesco, the oldest twin, is our most enthusiastic tree-trimmer. Last year he assigned himself as the Star Hanger, and this year assumed the role as well.
Last year we were going through a stressful time, this year, the same. It takes a bit more effort to muster up the energy to get our decorations out and trim the tree. So the kids took a larger role in doing so – which is wonderful!! In the past the tree has had a large cluster of ornaments kid’s-eye height, which I would rearrange after they went to bed. This year – I didn’t touch a thing. And there was no cluster.
I’ve been de-cluttering our Christmas decorations over the past few years, as well. So many were broken or useless that it was silly to pack and unpack them. Realizing I had done this, though, I thought I would replenish some this year. Goodwill was my biggest helper in that. I’ll post pictures of my finds in another post.
Here, he admires the star…
Nice job!!
My son has never been one to want to help decorate the tree. He did his share of un-decorating as a small tike though! lol
How beautiful. Its nice that your son helps around. Mine is too small to help me but ya he hangs around to support me in whatever I do.. 🙂
Un-decorating – LOL!! I’ve had my experiences with that, too.
Jaanvi – support is good, too 🙂