Oh Christmas Tree....

I'm sure I must have used that post title last year, oh well, today is the first day of my Christmas vacation and at the moment I have zero creativity! I will be off work for 3 weeks (yay me!) and hopefully I'll get my creativity on at one point, just not today.

Menu Plan Monday still continues for us, but apparently I don't have time to post it to the old blog once a week. I can tell you this much....the CrockPot Cheesy Ravioli was not much of a hit, apparently Owen doesn't like Ravioli noodles. Why, you ask? Because they are shaped funny. Who knew? I also found the sauce way too tangy - probably because of the can of tomato sauce and no added tomato paste to take the 'zing' out. Anyway, I have small lunch size containers of ravioli filling my freezer, and I will be taking it for lunch for the next month I'm sure!

So we made our way out to the tree farm on Sunday to get our Christmas tree.

It was a perfect day - the first snowfall of the season, but still not too cold so we could spend some time finding the perfect tree. Yes, I let my 6 year old hold the hacksaw. No fingers were lost and he played a big part in cutting down the tree, which he had wanted to do so badly!

And no trip to the tree farm would be complete without a visit to the donkey, who apparently, year after year, has been holding a torch for Aidan. On the drive out to the farm the kids asked if the donkey who is in love with Daddy would be there again this year, and sure enough she was. I am going to assume the donkey is indeed a "she", I did not actually look, but for Aidan's sake she is female. Still a donkey, but at least female. Last year, this very same donkey could not get enough of Aidan - she was rubbing her head on him, following him around, and trying to get him to put his arm around her neck. It was hilarious! And this year was no exception.


The Christmas concert for the kids school is tonight, Maeghan has to wear a sombrero. Not sure about the connection between a sombrero and Christmas, but I will soon find out!