Christmas tree

 

Yesterday we went to the market in Antwerp and we bought some sea snails (karakollen), so while the were cooking, we set up the christmas tree.

My dad made a small table for under the tree, as we had to cut the lower branches to avoid the Bobby (yes, she has a name) will jump in the tree.

 

When the tree was decorated, DH and son #2 set up their Marklin train underneath the tree. Good idea...

 

 

until Bobby found out...

 

 

So know there is only lego under the tree and the Marklin is back safe in the box after having been derailed by Bobby, the catzilla.

 

Merry Christmas

 

Well, I promised a pic of our tree, so here is it, a 4 meter tree, we have had a bigger one, but I still think it is quite big. But I could have accepted it as I sent DH with the boys to get it...
I know I like big trees, but boys...
So for those of you that need to work today, have a nice day and hopefully tonight you can just join a christmas diner that someone else prepared.
Here, we are the one preparing and my family will come over today, so that so be fun.
Wishing you all a Meery and bright Christmas!

Christmas tree

Our christmas tree arrived last week but we waited with the decoration until sunday, because we celebrated Sinterklaas on Saturday.
And now that it is decorated the christmas sprit has arrived, the whole houses is decorated, the wreath is hanging on the front door, so all we have to wait for is snow...
Hmm, since it is still 5 to 8 degrees Celsius, I don´t think we will have a white christmas...
Oh well, we will not let it spoil the fun, as long as it snows in Austria. More about that in a later post.

How big should a christmas tree be?

OK, we are a bit spoiled, I admit that. Since our living room has a high ceiling we are used to big christmasn trees.
Our biggest christmas tree was 6 meters and we had to remove 1 meter, before we could get it in, but it was hugh and we loved it. It was so big that we could hardly enter the room, but that was OK. We also had to buy all the red christmas decorations the local store had to fill it, but hey... that is a small price for the fun we had with that tree.
So last friday, they boys and I went in seach for a perfect tree. The first store had ridiculous prices. The second and third store didn´t have trees and the forth had trees bu they were already packed in a net, so you could not see what was inside... They boys and I choose a tree and went home.
When we freed it from its net, a small beautiful tree emerged. See the tree on the left in the picture. It was a nice wonderful tree, but it is small (1.80 m). And we have a lot, and I mean a lot of christmas decorations left from the big tree year.
So we asked my parents to look for another tree so that it wasn´t loney :-). This afternoon they brought us the tree on the left. It is skinny, but large. So now we have two trees. The long skinny one, that reminds me of a dr. Seuss drawing, in the living room and the small one in the dining room.
Bring on Christmas!