Christmas Tree 2013!

So it was a big day in the Hoffert house.  Last year we passed on the tradition of cutting down a tree.  We just didn't have the room so I went out and bought a tiny little tree from Hobby Lobby.  This year... we have the room so off we went to the tree farm.  It was fun because none of our kids remembered cutting down a tree so it was like it was a first for all of them.  We searched, we cut, we decorated... a big day.

Yeah for fun family days

I thought it would be quite funny to bring this tree home... think of all the presents you could fit under there.  Nobody agreed.

Everyone doing their part.

We even tried to give Tay a chance... wasn't having it.  She was a bit like the boy in "The Christmas Story" who fell in the snow and couldn't get up.

Helping Dad drag it to the truck.

Totally to my surprise they sat on Santa's lap.  All of them.  Madison told him that she wanted coloring books and colors for Christmas and T wanted "Twains" (Trains).

S'mores by the fire.

Sibling Love

Christmas Ornaments were pretty magical to these three... it was like opening one hundred little presents. 

We realized a while into it that T had been hanging all of his ornaments on one branch.

After the tree was decorated they each had a present waiting for them full of jammies and slippers.  In true Madison-fashion, she waited until everyone had opened their presents before she opened hers.  She always wants to be last. 

In true T-fashion, he ripped his open first.

Photo-fail-one

Moments before this picture, T was rolling on Taylor. We told him not to do it since we thought Tay was crying.  We then realized she was hysterically laughing so we snapped a 'happy' pic while it lasted.

Sisters

That's better.  Nothing more wonderful than three littles dressed in their new Christmas Pj's with their new slippers in front of the tree.  As T would say, "It was the 'Bist'!".