Independent Decorator

We are doing a slow roll-out of our Christmas decorations this year because our Thanksgiving weekend was so busy, and on weekdays we really only have from about 5:30 to 7pm (and some of that time has to include making dinner and bedtime). The tree has been up a few days, but only this past evening did we have the chance to start decorating it.

Nicholas enjoyed every second of it. Well almost—he wasn't too keen on our attempts to supervise and control the process.  But in a sense that was okay, because he picked up on what to do really quickly.  By the third or fourth ornament, he could do it himself, at least for ornaments with string loops.  We're kind of avoiding ornament hooks this year.

Anyway, here is a photo of Nicholas working very hard to get an ornament put up:

From 2010 December

His joy at succeeding:

From 2010 December

And of course, the end result. Guess how tall he is!

From 2010 December