BORING!!

Apparently our Christmas trees have been boring for the past 6 years. At least that is what my children told me this past week. They have had fun pointing out all the "Pretty COLORED lights" around town. A couple days ago Brittany even said "Look at those lights Mommy." pointing to a house all decked out with green, blue and red lights. "See how pretty they are Mom. Our tree could be that pretty if we put colored lights on it." To that I responded "When you have a house of your own you can decorate it however you want."

The next day we were getting the Christmas stuff out to set up the tree and there were sighs all around. I kept hearing them and thinking to myself "are white lights really that big of a deal?" so I finally said "ok, we can go get some colored lights from the store." that was met with a chorus of cheers and shrieks of delight. So Brittany and I went to the store and bought lights and the ever important candy canes then headed home. On our way I told her I was excited for next year when Daddy puts a new roof on the house and extends the eves making us able to put lights on the outside as well. She decided that she was excited for that too and I told her "BUT, they WILL be white lights on the house." to that without skipping a beat and with little smile she said "That's ok, as long as our tree is pretty."

So back at home trying to get the "Pretty" lights on took three tries, 1 I put them too close, 2 I started with the wrong end and try 3 they were as close to perfect as I was gonna get. In the end we all had fun. Rebekah got to put the star on top and they all started singing "Oh Christmas tree..." But would get mixed up with the words so it ended up just being the one line over and over. So my friends our tree is up. It is "pretty" with NO white lights on it. All the Bennett chickens are happy.