The perfect tree...
fell down on us. Literally.
We traveled to the tree farm to cut down our Christmas tree on Saturday and found a beautiful, 7.5 footer, Scotch Pine. Got it home and realized the very tip touched the ceiling, but that's ok cuz the star can go on a branch in front of the tip. Anyway- the tree, decorated in all its glory of only a couple of hours, was the perfect tree. Until it fell....in Ben's lap.....I hear an OH NO from the living room as I am putting away dishes in the kitchen. I look and scream as I see the tree falling in slow motion into my husband's lap on the couch. Maya- a few feet away- says "tree fall down." So- we send her to the playroom as we begin to pick up pieces of crushed memories, I mean ornaments. We only lost about 5. So lucky that no one was hurt. As we were cleaning up, Maya peeks out from the playroom and says - "Be nice, OK." And we were, totally, but she was making sure that this minor catastrophe wouldn't cause us to be a bit short with eachother as we soaked up gallons of water from the carpet. Yup- the whole darn tree stand went with it. Our tree is front heavy, so now instead of the train going round the tree, a beautiful golden gift bag filled with dry concrete is sitting on top of 2 pieces of wood that holds the tree stand down. I have always been the one insisting on a real tree. I love the smell, the experience....I believe we are hitting the after Christmas sales and getting our very first artificial. So sad and yet so safe. Here are some pics of the before and after. I am very sad now that I didn't get a during shot, but I definitely will scrap the story.
We traveled to the tree farm to cut down our Christmas tree on Saturday and found a beautiful, 7.5 footer, Scotch Pine. Got it home and realized the very tip touched the ceiling, but that's ok cuz the star can go on a branch in front of the tip. Anyway- the tree, decorated in all its glory of only a couple of hours, was the perfect tree. Until it fell....in Ben's lap.....I hear an OH NO from the living room as I am putting away dishes in the kitchen. I look and scream as I see the tree falling in slow motion into my husband's lap on the couch. Maya- a few feet away- says "tree fall down." So- we send her to the playroom as we begin to pick up pieces of crushed memories, I mean ornaments. We only lost about 5. So lucky that no one was hurt. As we were cleaning up, Maya peeks out from the playroom and says - "Be nice, OK." And we were, totally, but she was making sure that this minor catastrophe wouldn't cause us to be a bit short with eachother as we soaked up gallons of water from the carpet. Yup- the whole darn tree stand went with it. Our tree is front heavy, so now instead of the train going round the tree, a beautiful golden gift bag filled with dry concrete is sitting on top of 2 pieces of wood that holds the tree stand down. I have always been the one insisting on a real tree. I love the smell, the experience....I believe we are hitting the after Christmas sales and getting our very first artificial. So sad and yet so safe. Here are some pics of the before and after. I am very sad now that I didn't get a during shot, but I definitely will scrap the story.
posted by Missy at Sunday, December 03, 2006
8 Comments:
oh man. you all have had quite a week. the tree looks beautiful in the last picture!
i am SO sorry that happened
but maya's words are my new motto
"be nice, ok?"
i miss going out and getting a real tree, but i do like our artificial. it can go up so much sooner and they are usually a perfect shape and not too heavy on one side.
i think more couples need to hear maya's advice!
I hope next year you can look back at this and laugh! sorry about your ornaments but glad no living being was hurt. Maya is cracking me up - "be nice, ok?"
Oh, dear. That sounds awful, Missy. See my pouty sad lip full of sympathy?
Sarah likes to mediate between Andy and I during our spats, too. She says something similar to what Maya said. Makes us laugh everytime!
bummer for that, but don't ditch the real tree. It's such a precious piece of Christmas. I think even the tales of them falling down are a wonderful part!
oh, i hope this won't discourage you from a real tree.
they are so beautiful and environmentally good too (since they come from tree farms).
what a perfect thing for Maya to say.
First--Sorry about the tree, hope that the ornaments weren't too special. Artificial trees are good too. I also have to say that I love the pictures of Maya. They are stunning. You have real talent. MAN--I need that camera. He, He...
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