When we were first married, Nick and I bought a 2.5' tall fake tree for Christmas and used it for a few years. Last year I wanted something bigger to actually put presents under, but we had absolutely no room for it in our condo, so I made a paper tree.

This year I convinced Nick to buy a tree we could actually decorate and put lights on. So here it is, the cheapest fake tree with the cheapest pack of ornaments I could find at Walmart. I think it turned out beautiful and so does Atlas. He tells me it's beautiful all the time. He likes to lay under it and look up at the lights. It's fun to finally have a Christmas tree. We'll be making some fun homemade ornaments shortly.

Thanksgiving

It's been a really nice fall here in Rhode Island. The sun is usually out, the weather is in the forties to fifties. There are leaves everywhere.

Yesterday was a great day, even though I stayed in all day and cooked. I wanted go all out and have a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Our friend Eric came over and brought a pie and some turkey for himself. I cooked mashed potatos, sweet potatos, green beans, corn pudding, stuffing, gravy and rolls. It was a lot of work, but it was worth it. You have to put extra effort in to make a Holiday great when you don't have friends and family around.  We watched the parade in the morning and stuffed our faces all night. I missed being home, but it was all right.

Children's Museum

Friday evening was free of charge at the local Children's Museum, so we went to check it out. Atlas ran around as happy as can be until we finally dragged him out of there so we could go eat dinner. It was really fun and cute to watch him be so excited.

Thursday night was the opening of Curiouser, a show in the Museum of Natural History of Rhode Island, where we had a piece. We were able to use specimens from the museums collection to create an installation piece that will remain in the museum lobby for about a year. I tried to photograph it, but it is behind glass, I couldn't use any flash, and it's fairly dark in there, so they aren't great, but you can get an idea.