So today while we were waiting for Naomi's bus to come, I stuck Isaiah up in the tree on the lowest branch and took a bunch of pictures of him. Cuz he's cute. 
And then I wanted to take pictures of all the kids like that, so I waited until later and stuck all three of them up there one by one.
Aren't they cute?
I even kinda like this pic of myself! In a moody, artistic sort of way.
Then Naomi discovered that she could hang on the branch unassisted. And I helped Asher dangle for a little bit too.But where it all went wrong was when Naomi suggested that *I* try hanging from the branch. And I did it. I took the advice of a 5 year old.
And I broke my favorite tree. That's not two branches people, that's one branch that's totally broken. So then the branch was hanging down into the street. And I could just see the lady across the street drafting the nasty letter from our HOA. So I had to cut the branch down. But we only have a hand saw (actually, after all this Richard tells me that we have something that would have worked much better - but whatever) so it was hard work! And it made me sad. I broke my favorite tree!
But, on the up side, now I have a lovely Fall display on my mantle.
6 comments:
Your display is lovely.
What a great story! Love it! The leaves are gorgeous in your display! I bet I could do that with my cathedral thingy, any more branches left??
You are histerical! Those pics in the tree and hanging are great - I can't imagine your professional shoot will be much better than that>
Man, another awesome comment from Mom--you luck duck!
I just noticed the title of your post-- ha ha
Very clever post title. The colors are as pretty as your kids look vibrant and happy. Sorry about your precious tree... Remember, trees are like hair while you cut/break a branch five new ones grow to replace it - so no worries!
The pictures are fantastic! I love the story too :)
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