Why Is My Christmas Tree Up Before Thanksgiving???

Why is my Christmas tree up and decorated before Thanksgiving day???  Simple.....Bobby LOVES the Christmas tree.  He is off of school all week, so I let him have it an extra week to enjoy the lights.  I used to put up the tree while Bobby was in school because it WAS SO MUCH EASIER to do while he was not home!!!!  But, a couple of years ago we were bored and it was yucky outside I decided to get it out and start to put it up.  What did Bobby do??  He grabbed a branch and took it over to the pole and tried to put it together himself.  I laughed and watched him work. He then grabbed a string of lights, plugged them in (WHO KNEW THAT HE COULD PLUG SOMETHING IN....not me at the time!!), and threw them onto the branch and sat back to stare at his own handiwork.  That is the moment that I decided that he would "help" me put up the tree from then on.

Saturday, on his first full day of Thanksgiving break, it was 20 degrees outside.  Too cold to do anything outdoors, so it was the chosen day to put up the Christmas tree.  Bobby did not disappoint, he immediately began to help Mommy with the job.

I helped Bobby out and got the bottom row of branches all in place.  Bobby then got some lights and carefully arranged them on the branches.  Oh heck,  I can't lie, he threw them on in a big clump.

Since the lights are perfectly in place, it's time to start the next row of branches.

Bobby's attention span with putting up the tree got sidetracked....

While he was busy with the new task of "planking," I got some more of the tree finished.  Bobby came over to inspect my work and make sure that it was up to his standards....

 To get the full visual stimulation from the lights, you have to either squint as demonstrated above or totally relax your eyes with a blank stare as demonstrated below!!!

Whew, I think that I passed Bobby's inspection!!  I'm so glad that Daddy was home so that he could run to the store and get us some more lights.  How, oh how, do Christmas tree lights break while they are safely in storage???  Because Bobby's favorite part of the tree is the lights, I put on way too many! After all of the tree is complete, Bobby has to give it his final inspection before I can move on to the putting on the ornament portion of the tree.  Just in case you didn't know.....the only way to truly inspect the lights is to look from the bottom up!!!

I passed inspection and can now finish decorating the tree!!  Whoo hoo!!  I was getting a little worried that my tree lighting wasn't up to standards!!

A couple of years ago I got some Bobby-proof decorations for our tree, if you are at all interested you can read about the new tree decor here....http://cherismith.blogspot.com/2011/11/o-christmas-tree.html

Bobby is so funny when the tree is up.  He wants to keep the curtains closed so that it is as dark as he can make it so that the lights shine as brightly as possible.  So you can imagine how much he loves looking at the tree when it is finally dark outside.

Over the next month Bobby will spend a great deal of time loving this Christmas tree....from ALL angles!

Zoi approves of the tree too...

What happened to Bobby's small tree?  Well thank you for asking!  It made it upstairs to the bedroom.

He had to move the pillows to the middle of the bed for a better look at the lights as he drifts off to sleep.

Hopefully it warms up a little over the weekend or next week so that I can get our outdoor lights and decorations up for Bobby's viewing pleasure.

Happy Thanksgiving from Bobby's World!!!!