Tree Hugger

We got a tree this weekend from Harry in North Bend. There was no caroling, sleigh rides or hot cocoa, just a hand written sign on a paper plate that said 'give us a chance' and instructed us to honk when we got to the house. Harry had Parkinsons so was not able to help us much- but he gave us a saw and a rubber car mat to protect our knees while we cut it down from his backyard. Lambs and ducks witnessed the big event, and Liam was gleeful. It's the best tree we've ever had, beautiful and fragrant; it also came with bugs they live on our ceiling now.

We've had a 'living tree' the last 2 years, it was great except it didn't actually live if you brought it indoors for more than 24 hours. So we planted it at our old house, and lit it up in the old yard, and then put up a fake tree in the living room.

I've been trying to decide on our Christmas card theme this year and when I saw these little tree hugger shots- thought of course.. a nice environmental message- maybe say something like 'May your Christmas be Merry and Green' featuring our tree hugging boy- very Washingtonian of us.. but then I was plagued with holiday hypocrisy. We went to an old mans house who was sick mind you, and chopped down a 7 foot tall living tree from his backyard- - our Christmas lights are not solar powered, and we drove 80 some miles round trip instead of to the boyscout lot across the street. Talk about the inconvenient truth...