O Tannenbaum

Hello all. What is new with the MacPurdy's? You may ask. Well, we journeyed far and wide ... braving the harshest of climates ... through ice, sleet, snow and Montreal traffic even. We explored the vastness of the northern Quebec arctic in search of the perfect Christmas Tree. Only after this epic journey did we realize that the perfect tree was across the street at our local tree lot. I wish we had checked there first. Oh well I'm sure Shamus' toes will recover from the extreme frost bite and I'm confident that I will regain the mobility in my left side (an injury I sustained after falling into a 40 foot ice ravine). Miraculously Stacey and Breagha seem unharmed ... although Breagha does only seem to walk in small circles to the left now. But we got a tree!!!

"Mom, this is a blue pine. It is native to the northern regions of the Canadian shield..."

Because of the extreme cold we endured ... Shamus' face is actually permanently frozen in this position.

Sadly Breagha actually chose to make this face ... It isn't a result of flash freezing.

Dad's tradition of walking the Christmas tree home still happens. I at least bought it dinner and a drink first.

"If you just tilt your head like this... and squint your eyes... you can see where the gaps in the lights are"

Shamus' first time putting ornaments on the tree. He was pretty excited. The tree seemed mildly embarrassed.

I wish Stacey would stop hanging her pantyhose out to dry all over the house.

Shamus trying to put the angel on the tree...Dad trying to put Shamus on the tree...Breagha trying to put Dad on the tree...and the tree was trying to retain a speck of dignity from having that ridiculous outfit of bright lights and shiny ribbon forced upon it. What would his outdoor friends think of him now?

O Tannenbaum

"ok... let's go get another one!"