The holly, jolly tree

We decorated the tree tonight, and it was so, so great.

Last night we had the traditional "assembling of the Christmas greens" like they used to in the old days. We put together our fake tree and put up some of our decorations. We had the following conversation several times.

Mia: *points at tree* "Whas dat?"
Me: "A tree."
Mia: *looks confused*
Me: "A Christmas tree."
Mia: *still looks confused*
Me: "Sometimes people have a tree inside the house during Christmas."
Mia: *using a suspicious tone* "Ohhh."

How weird that must be as a kid: all of a sudden your parents build a tree in the living room.

Tonight we finished the job of decorating with Mia's help.

I'd like to just point out that what used to take two hours now takes two days with a toddler.

But seeing Mia's excitement about the ornaments and the lights was fantastic. She squealed the entire time. I tried to capture it but only got a little bit.