It's that time of year again - we took our annual trip to Pleasant Pine Plantation in Warren, Pennsylvania. Nolan brought along his binoculars so he could spot the perfect tree.
Pleasant Pine used to have a tractor-drawn hay wagon, which was wonderful for hauling the Christmas trees up the long hill. Unfortunately, their tractor has broken and now they give patrons a hand cart. We headed down the hill to the Christmas tree farm - the boys were really excited and loved running ahead to find our tree.
Dennis manned the tree cart. It worked really well, considering the ground was very muddy in some places. It was about 50 degrees, warm for our area at this time of year.
Nolan has recently decided he is a ninja, and we cannot go anywhere without him hiding behind objects and darting from one thing to the next. We have to pretend we don't see him.
No, you do not see Nolan behind that tree. You also don't see him running in the picture below.
Matt was a real help on this trip and wanted to push the tree cart. We let him do this, though it was a bit nerve wracking when we were close to other families.
Last year, we bought a tree that looked so small on the lot. We got it home, and had to cut off 2 feet from the top of the tree so it would fit in our house. This year, we aimed for a smaller tree. The boys found our tree and posed happily in front of it.
Dennis cut it down and we hauled it up the hill, where it was shaken, netted, and paid for.
The Christmas tree farm handed out coloring books to the kids, which read like live tree propaganda. For some reason, this cracked me up.
We put our tree into the truck, alongside our neighbor's tree. It was fun going with them on our tree hunt, and we went out to dinner at the local Chinese food buffet on the way home.
We set the tree up once we got home - no need for it to thaw out this year! It was much smaller than we anticipated, so next year we'll try to find a slightly bigger tree. The kids loved decorating it and putting on the lights.
Of course, letting the kids decorate the tree results in all of the ornaments on 2 or 3 of the tree's branches. I was going to fix the tree after they went to bed, but then decided to leave it. There won't be very many more Christmases with "little" kids - so I'm just embracing the imperfectness of our tree this year.
The good thing about a little tree is that the kids could reach most of it by themselves!
I had to get a picture of the boys in front of the tree - difficult to do in low light, but I did get a few shots that weren't too blurry.
Now, we just have to wait for Santa Claus to come - the kids are so excited!
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