Yesterday Forest and I woke up before 5 and were talking about all the cooking we had planned for the day. Of course, we probably wouldn’t have been awake that early had the kids not also been awake. But it was fun to start planning early. We got right up and started getting things like the mashed potatoes started and our sweet potatoes. We were also in charge of the tofurkie (because half of the family is vegetarian), stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy. All of which really didn’t take that much time to get fixed up. We headed over to the other farm and Lowell and Audrey’s house for our meal and to met up with the rest of the Dittberner family.
We had a big and wonderful meal and it was great to connect with the family. After dinner we went out to get Lowell and Audrey their Christmas tree. They decided on a Colorado Spruce this year, for the kids sake. Colorado spruce is a family favorite for when we have little kids in the house. They are very pokey so the little ones don’t want to try and pull on it or climb it. I think I got a nice shot of Forest and his folks with their tree. My son is in the front there but my daughter (who’s 6) decided to be goofy was hiding behind the tree.
We brought the tree back and got it set up right away. The kids decorated with some help from their grandparents. It looks beautiful and kept shocking even us with how strong it smelled. Wonderful! I can hardly wait to get my tree set up!
Setting the tree up on Thanksgiving has been a Dittberner family tradition for many years. Mostly because these next couple of weeks are the busiest weeks in our whole year and there isn’t time for setting up a tree except on Thanksgiving.
This weekend is our first really big weekend. We’ve got wagon rides going today, Santa arrives at noon and is available until 4pm for pictures and nice little chat with the kids. We also have a photo station open and photographers available to take family photos. And you can get copies to take home as prints or on a CD.
The farm will be buzzing today with lots of excitement and family fun, so come down and let us become a part of your families Christmas traditions.
