This is a pic of some Christmas trees for sale at K-mart. I know you are all jealous of the hot pink one! I really don't know what K-mart was thinking selling these trees, in my opinion they are pretty hideous. I mean how many people really want an upside down, gold Christmas tree? Does anyone know why there are upside down trees? I would be interested in knowing the story behind that one.
Our moms and our friend Robyn surprised us and bought us a tree. Thankfully NOT the hot pink one :-) It is nice to have a tree and to have my snowflakes around, reminds me a little of home. It is pretty hard to get excited about Christmas here. I guess it is mainly because of the weather. I am too used to having cold weather and snow, it is just too strange to have 80 F temps for Christmas. We are going to Graeme's parents house Christmas day. They are having families over who don't have their own families around. It should be a lot of fun but also sad at the same time.
Baby news :
The baby forecast is looking good today. We will start out with a nice long nap in the morning followed by several nappie changes and feeds. In the evening we will head towards a more restless time followed by a "tank up" and then a steady decline into slumber land. Tomorrow looks pretty much the same as well as the next day, and the next, and the next, well actually you can count on this forecast being true for the next month or so.
Jolene decided to give Adele a bath on her own the other day. Adele was sleeping and all of a sudden I hear her burst into screams. I run into the bed room and there is Jolene with an empty water bottle. Adele and the bed are soaking wet, Adele is looking pretty angry ( if babies can look angry at three weeks). Adele, welcome to the world of a younger sibling.
The Ashes -
I think I have mentioned cricket on here before? Anyway the Ashes is going on right now and it has given Brandon and I a good laugh. To inform you, the Ashes is a competition between England and Australia. There are five test matches, each of which is five days long. Yes, they play for 25 days to see which is the better team. Basically whoever wins the most out of five test matches wins the trophy. It is called the "Ashes" because a long time ago England beat Australia. Being the good sports that they are England took the wickets and burnt them, then gave the ashes to Australia in an urn. Those ashes in the urn are now the trophy for the competition.
Yesterday Australia won their third straight test match, making them the winner. This is the part where Brandon and I had a good laugh. These guys are playing for 25 days to claim the prizes and to become the next Ashes winner. I thought " wow, that is a long time to play, they must be getting the biggest trophy in the world for this competition". I mean that is what you would expect right? The longer the competiton the bigger the prize or trophy. Oh how wrong we are.
As we sat watching the news, we saw the Australian team gathered around celebrating. Camera flashes were going off, people were cheering, the team was smiling. So then I asked myself "where is the trophy?". I saw the team but where was the prize. I had to look carefully at the screen otherwise I would have missed it. Their coveted "Ashes" trophy is about the size of an egg cup. Brandon and I just looked at each other with disbelief in our eyes, could this really be it? It is quite comical to see a group of men huddled around something the size of an egg cup. I don't mean to offend the avid cricket fans I know. I'm sure this is the best sport ever invented and that it is a joy to watch. I am just an ignorant American.
Adele is screaming should probably go
Meg
7 comments:
That is absolutely hilarious about Jolene and baby bath time!!
It was nice to see you guys, along with little burrito, again!
Oh, and I have no idea about the up-side-down Christmas trees thing. Very odd. Maybe because Australia is up-side-down!?
hah! I know how you feel adele! Its a sad life of a younger sib, but hey i've got 4 older siblings.
hah, i thought you, or it least Brandon, thought that basball was slow, how do you stand cricket!?? :) My dad watches it just to say he's watched it, i don't think he actaully likes it at all. :)
And the upsidown tree thing is away of making fun of Christmas i belive. Its like anti-christmas. X-mas or something like that. I'm pretty sure thats what it is. Its really dumb.
It was great seeing you. Hope you have a great Christmas!
love yous' peoples.
Jolene's "bath" is awesome. I am so glad you guys are the kind of parents who know to roll with the punches instead of being uptight over everything. A testament to God and to your parents! :)
I always thought that upside down Christmas tree thing was kids or pranksters coming in and turning the trees over in their stands. For the display. I don't know that I've ever seen an "advertisement" for an upside down Christmas tree? Interesting.
Okay, here is the scoop:
Hanging fir trees upside down goes back to the Middle Ages, when Europeans did it to represent the Trinity. But now, Christmas trees are shaped with the tip pointing to heaven, and some think an upside-down Christmas tree is disrespectful or sacrilegious.
The trees were recently introduced to retailers for in-store displays, so more ornaments could be displayed at eye level to the buying public. And they left more floor space to hold extra stock of decorations.
But the upside-down Christmas trees have caught on, and are being sold to the public as a novelty piece. Target.com has a version that sells for $399 and comes pre-lit. Hammacher Schlemmer’s website has not been able to stay in stock.
Upside-down Christmas trees are either hung from a bracket on the ceiling like a chandelier, stood upside-down on a stand, or mounted tip-down on the wall.
While you may not go for this idea in a big way, you might see a few of the benefits. If you have little children, you can keep most of the ornaments away from little hands. Cats and dogs won’t be racing around and knocking decorations off the base of your upside-down Christmas tree. And just think how many more packages you’ll be able to pile under the tree!
Thanks Jenn for the info, interesting that it is used as a marketing tool now.
Meg
it's because oz is upside down, retard.
yeah and that is why they sell upside down trees in the US as well, hmm good logic anonymous
They had colored and upside down trees here in Kokomo at Menards.
Cute pictures of the little ones.
Where is a picture of Pam when she was visiting?
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