christmas fun, part 1 - the tree

Our Christmas celebration actually started a couple of weeks before Christmas, with a visit from Grandma Deb and Papa Tony. While they were here, we had a fantastic time going to pick out and cut down our tree! We were also lucky enough that Santa happened to be visiting the tree farm on the day we were there.

Our first order of business was to sit down with Santa. Daniel was not overly excited about the opportunity. He had just woken up from a little nap in the car, and had a look on this face the whole time that said "who is this guy with the beard and why am I sitting in his lap?"
After a few animal crackers, we moved on to our search for a perfect tree. Daniel had fun tromping around the field looking for one to bring home.
With some help from Grandma and Papa, he found the perfect one!
Daddy played lumberjack (he was even dressed appropriately!) and chopped it down.
They had a neat old tractor there, which Daniel had a great time pretending to drive!
He's a natural, don't you think?
We even managed to get Santa in on the action and get a family photo with him.
What do you think Grandma and Santa are talking about??
All in all, we had a fantastic time and will definitely be going back to the same place for our tree next year!