'Tis The Season

Last night David put up the Christmas lights on our house with our good friend Robert. It was so fun to watch them. They did a fantastic job! The only problem that they ran into was there were too many strands and the outlet couldn't handle it. So they had to run to the store to get another extension cord and start at the other end of the house and try to make the lights meet in the middle. They did great. You can't even tell. It all blends in together. (I don't have a picture of the finished house because my camera died.)

David had a little helper that followed him EVERYWHERE! It was kind of hard for him to do the lights at first... :)

Robert, looking thrilled to be here... Thanks for your help! (he had a good time)

After they were done, and Robert left, David came inside and we just sat by the fire looking out at our lights and talking. Poor Gabriel was too tired, he fell asleep before they were done. He'll see them soon enough. David was so giddy. This is the first time he's ever put lights on a house, and he did it for the first time on his first house. Although it was fun to put the lights in the windows at our apartment, this was much more fun for him. He said it made him totally in the Christmas mood.

Gabriel loves to ride around and look at all the pretty 'yites'. So  now that we have our own up, it'll be fun to watch his reaction when he sees them for the first time tonight. Next week I think we'll go see the Zoo lights and ride the train. He'll be in heaven!