Thanksgiving Trip, Part 1
On a hike with Dad one day this fall, I pitched the idea of going to Boone around Thanksgiving to celebrate together and let the boys pick out our Christmas tree from a farm. Plans with extended family were on a Saturday earlier in November, so Thanksgiving day and the following weekend was free! Charlie had also been fascinated with Christmas trees, so I thought it would be something he and Henry would like. I thought it could be a sort of Barker/Byrd Family Thanksgiving Vacation, sort of like the National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, during which they made a trek to get their own tree (however, I was hoping we could avoid the run-in with the tractor trailer and whatnot...). Once we all decided the trip was a go, we got to work making homemade ornaments for the tree! One morning the boys and I made cinnamon ornaments, and then another evening we painted and glittered pinecones we had found. Preschoolers and paint gets messy, so there were no shirts. Hard at work Loo
