It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

When you have a two year old (or a Gene) in the house, it's hard to wait much beyond Thanksgiving to break out the Christmas decorations. So that's just what we did this weekend.

Here are our elves assembling our artificial tree, stringing lights and hanging ornaments. (Wouldn't be surprised if a real tree ends up in this house before Christmas, too....)
Ah, an exhausting process for everyone -- including Nathan and Vixey, who napped the afternoon away by the light of the Christmas tree.