Finding the Perfect Tree(s)

For our first X-mas in our new house, we felt that we needed to find the perfect tree. And then, we realized that no new house with two families combined would be complete without two trees. So, where to put them....well, one had to be in the family room b/c that is where the fireplace is and Santa needs a tree to put presents under....and the second one just had to be in the front window so that everyone could see it when they drive by (by everyone I mean the people on our street, because we have to have the world's quietest street!) But then, my parents wouldn't have a tree in their living room. So, three perfect trees it was!

And the final products....

My little ballerina!

Eva takes ballet every Tuesday and she is really enjoying it. It is really sweet because her friend Lexi that is in her ballet class is the daughter of Matt's fraternity brother and his wife, both of whom we went to college with. Things definitely come full circle!

Recent Eva-Isms

Eva: "I want macaroni and cheese."
Mommy: "If you keep eating macaroni and cheese you are going to become macaroni and cheese."
Eva: "I would love to become macaroni and cheese so that I could eat myself!"

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Eva: "Mommy, I'm really snuffy."
Translation: "Snuffy" = "Stuffy"

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Radio: "Blah, blah, blah...the tree for Rockefeller Center will be coming from....blah...blah...blah County and will be cut down today and moved to Rockefeller Center. Visitors will begin arriving in throngs....blah, blah."

Eva: "Why are they cutting down the tree?"

Me: "It is tradition."

Eva: "I want to see the tree before they cut it down."

Me: "Um, yeah, that is happening in about an hour and the place they are cutting it down from is about 2 hours away! Sorry, Eva, can't do it."

Eva: "Will the tree die?"

Me: "Um, good question. Eventually, but not before it makes a lot of people very happy."

Eva: "Why does it make people happy for it to die."

Me: "Good question" (Thought to self..."uh oh, are we allowed to get a tree this year?")