Monday, December 2, 2013

And even MORE family traditions

For the past thirty or so years we've gone to cut a Christmas tree on the day following Thanksgiving. This year the Little Princesses added to the fun!


We had just the teensiest little bit of snow on the ground, but they had a blast playing in it!


 Jen's wheelchair ended up being too hard to push through the field, but piggyback on her Baba worked great. 

 
We found our tree!


"Baba" getting the cut started.  At first the Princesses were really freaked out that we were going to actually CUT this tree down.



But when given the chance to lend a hand at the cutting, they decided it was great fun!



Free cookies and hot chocolate!


Then it was off to feed some corn to the goats and sheep.  The last time we were near a petting zoo, Jen wouldn't have anything to do with the animals.  Let me state that more clearly... Jen SCREAMED in terror when we even talked about the animals.  This time she actually let the goat eat out of her hand!



It is fun to have one of our married daughters nearby.  I snatched these adorable grandkids from their cookies and cocoa for a photo op.


It was a successful trip!



The Princesses think having a tree in the house is pretty sweet, after all.



It was pretty amazing to see our traditions through the eyes of a child, or in this case children, who had never experienced them before.  I think it is going to be a FUN Christmas!