Oh, Christmas Tree!

We arrived back from Virginia on Saturday and on Sunday went right into Christmas mode. This year we went to a cut-your-own Christmas tree farm in Collegeville and did just that. We pulled out all of the holiday boxes, and by Sunday night the house was fully decked. One full month of Christmas bliss :)

Sophie helping Dave cut down the tree

The girls and Dave with the freshly cut tree

Fully decorated. As you can see, we don't really abide by the "don't touch" rule for the Elf on the Shelf. He's more of a "helper" in our house.. 

The following weekend we went to see Santa at the Northwestern Stables in Fairmount Park. To be a little more accurate, it's Santa and his horse, Otis.

Lauren wasn't too thrilled about the situation.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

The weekend after Thanksgiving we got our Christmas tree and Dave's parents and Zoe came over to help us decorate it.

Lauren helped pick out the ornaments...

 And Zoe and Sophie decided where they went on the tree (the lower branches were definitely well decorated)

 The princess in front of the final product