the tree

Maddy couldn't wait to get a tree.  For weeks she wanted to talk about getting the tree; how we would get into the car without Baxter because she wanted the tree to be next to her; how we would choose a medium sized tree because our house is medium sized; how we would come home, put the tree in its stand, give it water and finally, decorate it with ornaments.  (The way Maddy says ornaments sounds more like "ordamets").

So, finally, after Thanksgiving we took a trip to our local tree lot and picked out a medium sized tree for our medium sized house.  Maddy couldn't contain her excitement.

We took what turned out to be a small tree for our small house.  It's the perfect size.

Uh oh.

The morning after we had decorated the tree, when Maddy woke up, she ran up the stairs, looked at the tree and was shocked to find that "Santa didn't come!"