"We three Leas..." Our last Christmas as a three.

We picked up our Christmas tree today at Keele Christmas Tree Farm; it's Ava's fourth. We noticed a definite change in Ava's understanding of all things festive at 6 days off turning three. Last year at Christmas she was ill with an ear infection and definitely seemed underwhelmed at the whole scene on Christmas Day morning. Today, she merrily sang Christmas carols on the drive over to Keele, was jumping up and down as we looked for just the right tree (gotta be real, Nordman Spruce with wonderfully bushy silvery-green long needles) and then whooping as she saw Nicky & Lois.

Decorating the tree was wonderful - the moment when Dave snips the netting is always one that we hold our breaths for - very National Lampoon when the branches spring out, hopefully not releasing numerous squirrels burrowing in the deepest corners of the branches!


Ava chose where the lighter weight decorations went, hung her nursery decorations including the two we have for our dogs Jessie & Indi. She then treated us to a 'piano acoustic' rendition of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' ... on her keyboard!