Oh Christmas Tree

Thursday started off fantastic and ended even better...

I picked Josh up from school headed home quickly to grab our coats and warm clothes. It's windy cold and the boughts of torrential rain pour are crazy but only last a few minutes and then stop.

We drove to the Mordialloc train station to pick Aaron up and then drove about 30 minutes south to Moorooduc where we visited The Christmas Tree Farm. What a beautiful place that was! 

We waited out a downpour and then got out of the car to find our special tree. It was such a neat experience for us all and the smell outside was joyous. The first time it actually felt like Christmas. 

We were lucky to have good weather while we were walking through all the trees. It's still so crazy that on Monday we were in swimming suits on the beach and by Thursday we are in sweats and coats.

The Christmas Trees here are Monterey Pine which come from California and are suited perfectly for the Australian climate. They are absolutely gorgeous with perfect shape, foliage smell and so amazingly full.

Once the kids found their perfect tree two young lads came to chop it down for us and bale it. To have it baled made it so much easier to transport in our car without making a huge mess. 

It was seriously such a fun and neat experience for us all. Picking out a tree was surely not easy as there were hundreds to choose from.  How fun would it be to work on a Christmas tree farm?

Once we got it home and up we ordered in some dinner. Butter chicken curry, vegetable karma, samosas, naan bread and lamb. It was delicious and a nice way to end a cold wintery like, Christmas Day. We are supposed to be back into the warmer weather this weekend.

Another fantastic point of today is that Joseph had an accident free day! Pure awesomeness is what he is!!! So proud of him.

And then nothing quite like my daily chat with the babe. She just melts my heart and I am so grateful she is apart of our family.