O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree

On Tuesday, we got a real pine tree from the tree farm in the Wal-mart parking lot. We thought that last year we had an 8-9 foot tree, so we got a 9 foot tree. But this must have been measured incorrectly because it is huge! It almost didn't fit on top of the car! Landon had to stand on a chair on the table just to put the star on top! (Unless, Landon's just a Hobbit) And because the branches continued to drop, the tree seemed to be growing each time we looked at it. It's fun to have such a big tree! I wonder how we'll get it out the door after Christmas...

Wild Rumpus

The same day we went to the Science Museum, we also stopped at Wild Rumpus - a cute little children's bookstore in the Cities that has animals running around. I remember the first time I went there was with the Larsons and Nanny Ocel and I was probably 10-12 years old. This time, besides the usual animals (cats, hamsters, fish, spiders, birds, rats, etc) they had a new member - a chicken. I think her name was Lucy. She was free to roam around the store and was constantly on the move. I think she learned she had to, because the little kids loved trying to catch and pick her up.

'Bubble Head'

I haven't posted for quite a while, so I'm going to back post. A few months ago, Landon and I went to the Science Museum. I always love going there. I feel like a little kid again. So much to see and learn. They had real human organs and one of them was a brain. I was surprised how small the brain was - I always imagined it to be bigger. Landon said that was the real size and probably the equivalent to my brain. That sounds funny, but he really was serious. However, I tease myself about having a small head because I have to buy youth hats - so Landon nicknamed my head "Bubble Head"- like a bubble on the end of a straw (my neck) :) So I just had to get a picture of me with 'My Size Brain'.