decorating the tree

We decorated our Christmas tree last weekend. It took quite a while, because my son inspected, organized, and reorganized the ornaments over and over. He was totally in his element!

He started out putting all the ornaments on the bottom few branches, but that weighed the branches down, and the ornaments tended to fall off. Then he pulled his armchair close to the tree so he could reach some of the higher branches.

It took quite a bit of concentration to get the ornaments just the way he wanted them. In fact, he hardly let my husband and me participate at all. (P.S. Yes, that is the policeman badge from his Halloween costume, pinned to his fleece.)

It took some effort, but my husband managed to distract my son from his work for a moment for a photo. And he's even smiling!!