Decorating the tree...

This year we decided not to get a real tree for the basement and just put one of our artificial ones from the main level down there...less mess, no watering (not that we were very good about that anyway which could be why it was always all dried up and yucky by Christmas!), and it was free since we already had an extra - real trees can cost 40 or 50 bucks! I do miss the smell, but I think I'll live without it and everyone's allergies will probably appreciate it too. We ate a picnic supper in the basement, I went through picking out which ornaments to put on the tree (they wouldn't all fit), the kids and James put the ornaments on, and Anna just played in the floor on her quilt. It was a fun, fun night!