Jensen’s First Christmas Tree Chop – A Rite of Passage
One boy and his tree. Her name is Ruby. I couldn’t be more proud. Merry Christmas.
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One boy and his tree. Her name is Ruby. I couldn’t be more proud. Merry Christmas.
Dear Hero, Merry Christmas, tiny one. How the time has flown by. I have to remind myself that you’re still a baby – and yet you’re so headstrong already. You’re the most contented little boy – feeding brilliantly, sleeping like no baby we’ve known, and bursting our hearts with your smile each time our eyes…
Our Christmas Eve Boxes have been a long-standing tradition in our family, adopted from an American friend of mine and encouraged by a lovely Swiss lady I used to work with, whose family always opened one of their presents on Christmas Eve and shared them as a family. I love that it’s like a little pre-Christmas…
Last year we began our Christmas tree chopping tradition after the mister was tipped off about a tree farm by a work colleague. It’s one of my most cherished holiday rituals now and much more exciting to us than just buying a tree from the local nursery. Now, as a family, we are amazing terrible at missing deadlines….
Every year since our first baby was born, we’ve been to the pumpkin patch with the exception of last year, when we were in Walt Disney World for the month. Usually, we go to an empty patch filled with a harvest of gourds and pumpkins and we spend at least an hour inspecting them before…
Our first Elf arrived in 2011 when Jensen Indiana was one year old. I had discovered the tradition through reading American family blogs and there were aspects I loved about the whole idea and others I wasn’t so fond of. The basic concept was of an elf who arrived in your home and who…
He met the two midway. The traits of his blond big brothers; Jensen [reserved] and Lyoto [destructive] collided in late July as we finally took Baby Hero out to the wildflower meadows to smash his first birthday cake. Inquisitive yet unsure, he needed a little encouragement to sink his little fingers into the squishy chocolate…
Bless him! Such beautiful photos too.
How lovely! What a great memory to keep.
Aw so sweet. I love that they have a tree in their room too. Lovely
What a lovely thing to be able to do. I fear any Christmas trees felled round here would be from someone's garden!
Aww bless him! Such a sweet boy and amazing pictures 🙂
Aww – gorgeous – clearly a proud smile in that last photo.
As an aside, I really love the look of your blog. The header is really lovely.
That's an adorable family tradition.
Ah, that's lovely, and an unexpected chance to give your old tradition a new twist! Merry Christmas x
Oh I adore this, the images are just so perfect and what a memory to have
OH wow, this is amazing, but lovely images x
I have to say you have taken some lovely photos here, I'm always envious of blogs with great photos.
How wonderful! Such a proud moment for all of you.
What a wonderful family moment this is!
What a fabulous tradition……can imagine a collage of all the photos in years to come
Lovely photo's and what a brilliant family tradition to have.
So cute! I love these sweet pictures!
Aww, how cute! I love the photos you got! They came out great! My favorite is the one with your little one carry the Christmas tree on their back!! Love it!
This is such a heartwarming post! I love the pics. I am growing a Christmas tree to use in a couple of years too!
I am LOVING all your pictures. We have a place right up the street (literally) that sells trees, so we usually just pick one out and walk it home. I would love to chop one down someday.
That's a great tradition to have! I love the pictures and I am sure he was very excited to get his very own tree. It's a shame that a disease has destroyed all the rest of the trees!
What a beautiful family you have! Living in the city my whole life this is something I never got to experience, like EVER. I can't wait for our move so my daughter can have memories like this. You took such beautiful photos too, a shame you couldn't score a big family tree, but it's nice your boys will have their own tree this year! Lucky!
Aww. Look at him with his freshly cut tree. What a cute little man!
This brought a tear to my eye. What a wonderful right of passage. That is the most adorable little tree, too!
What a cute little tree. This tradition is so awesome!
Adorable, he'll always remember that.
What beautiful pictures you have taken!! This is a wonderful rite of passage.
This is such a cute post! I have always wanted to chop down our own tree, so maybe I'll make it a new tradition!
How cute is your little guy! Such a charming story. Your photos are gorgeous by the way!
What great memories you made together. I love all the pictures. I have always wanted to cut down my own tree.
So adorable! I'm sure he enjoyed his rite of passage!
I can see why you and dad were proud. 🙂 He's sure a cutie pie (it had to be said). 🙂
Awwww these pictures are adorable! This is such a cute post and I love how he is carrying the tree on his own.
This is so lovely! Jensen is so handsome and your pictures are beautiful!
What a wonderful memory to have. Way to go Jensen!
This is such a great post. You little ones are so cute. He looks so proud to be carrying his first tree.
He's so cute. That would be a wonderful memory for him.
What a beautiful capture. The kids is so cute and adorable.
Those photos are beautiful! I also love this memory, such a look of pride on his face!
Aww what a beautiful post. He looks so proud about doing that. =)
Omg this might be the cutest post ever!!!!! I love the pic of your little carrying the tree!!!
This is a splendid way to create memories. Thanks for showing your beautiful pictures!
Haha adorable – what a cute way to have a memory in Christmas – I never thought of this one;.
Lovely and adorable! Every child's dream to cut their own tree!
Lovely and adorable! Every child's dream to cut their own tree!