15 December 2008

a Christmas tree story

once upon a time Mom and Dad took Ash out to the Ranch to cut a little Christmas tree to take home and decorate. at first Ash thought it was a lame idea. after all, she really didn't know how exciting Christmas trees were.

however, it didn't take long before she stumbled upon an old ant hill, which changed her disposition rather quickly. ant hills have so much possibility!

the method of entertainment was rather simple yet so rewarding: dip mitten hands in ant hill, dust debris off on legs, repeat.

Ash realized how much fun cutting a Christmas tree can be and promised not to complain about her Mom and Dad's so-called lame ideas without trying them out first.

once at home, decorating the tree was another story. it was action packed and involved tiny lights and cool little Ash-sized things to hang up. not to mention all the Juniper berries to be picked off.

when it got dark and all the lights were shining, Ash smiled big and danced around. she named all of the ornaments and picked some more Juniper berries. what a good idea!

7 comments:

linny said...

Great story, photos, and tree.

ash said...

It looks like Ash knows how to bring a good time to any activity. The Juniper looks great!

Kaerlig said...

Ash is the cutest. I could eat her up.

And your tree is groovy.

Heather said...

She is so cute.
Thanks for the awesome Christmas postcard. I love it!

T.R. said...

and it was the best christmas tree that Ash ever ate.

Marcie said...

How cute is that? I love the juniper tree and the edible berries. I'll have to check out the rest of your posts when I have half a second.
I need your email so I can invite you to our blog. My email is marciekstevenson@yahoo.com

jo said...

When ash heads to Arches she'll have to learn what the natives used juniper berries for and what they made cordage out of.

I'm just sayin'