We had some time this morning, and with all the activity going in Florida and here, we thought, "Why not?" Yes, we put up a Christmas tree.
This Death Star has a small Star Destroyer to compliment it now - the two look great together, and actually light up and talk. Yes, this one talks too. When the tree turns on for the first time, you can hear all the talking ornaments speak at the same time. This one is a little more ominous, as the Emperor is giving the order to fire the Death Star's weapon.
This might be my favorite ornament on this tree, although it probably has to do with it being my favorite of the spaceships. It's such a graceful looking thing, but on top of that, it brings back memories of a kid seeing it for the first time, and anxiously waiting to see the movie it would be in. This ship is one of the first things we see in "Return of the Jedi," and one of my favorite large-scale toys as a kid. I still have it, by the way.
Ah, the Darth Vader tie fighter. Many of these have small lights inside, and places to plug into existing lights. Some of these have been in my collection since the mid-nineties, when I was first collecting ornaments for the tree at Ye-Ye and Nana's house.
Here's aggressive Yoda, ready to defend Christmas from morons. Hopefully there won't be too many this year. That would be a nice Christmas gift. In fact, we'll call it a Christmas miracle! But we'll change the subject here:
This is really the reason I have any pictures of the ornaments at all here: it's Chewbacca. And it's not because it is Chewbacca - it's because this is the first gift given to me by Ba-Ba and Nana. This was back in 1998 or 1999, I'm not sure. But they gave this to me as a Christmas gift, so it has always had a special place on the tree. When we divided things up to make a "Star Wars" tree, of course Chewbacca always goes to the top.
This ornament is a submarine from "The Phantom Menace." It lights up, and I usually put it towards the bottom, but not this year. One of the great things about Christmas trees is treating each one as a bit of artwork, doing something new and different with the placement of various ornaments.
Ah, this is an Ewok! This ornament was a gift to Daddy last year, so this is the first year it is hanging on the tree. It fits right in with the coniferous look there.
And there's Rey from "The Last Jedi," with a stormtrooper in the back. The stormtrooper is actually from an ornament exchange party we attended in the nineties, and it always brings back great memories of the fun we had over at Greg and Judy's house each year at Christmas time. We may do that again this year - we'll see!
Anyway, that's "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and that's just one thing we were doing today. Madison was at school, getting ready with some new things in math, and turning in - finally - her report on Lebanon. She'll have a few tests and presentations this week, but with Halloween being on Thursday, it'll be a fun and interesting week. Each day the kids are dressing up in various colors or costumes to celebrate or remember one thing or another. Today, the kids were wearing red to promote "Drug Awareness Week." Madison will wear a Hawaiian outfit tomorrow... for some reason. I don't remember why. And of course, they can dress up on Halloween to school.
Speaking of Halloween, tonight after piano class, we watched "Ghostbusters II." Madison has been into the Ghostbusters this season, so we finished up with the third of the movies (we started out with the more recent version earlier this season). It's not too bad, and in fact has some fun stuff in it.
We got to bed earlier tonight, reading and praying. Ba-Ba started week four, and he wasn't not looking forward to it in Florida. We were praying for him and his chemotherapy. Halfway through though. Hopefully things will start to improve - at least that's what we are praying for.
This is the earliest we have ever put up a Christmas tree, by a long shot. But it just makes sense, given the amount of time it takes to set up these things and the amount of time this season that we may be around to actually enjoy it. So Daddy set up the Star Wars tree today, along with some other things of course. But this took a little time to get in place, and it looks nice, the start of something a little earlier this year. Daddy had a record playing, the soundtrack to "Nightmare Before Christmas," just to help with this odd blend of seasons. Here are some other ornaments on the Star Wars tree - we have so many - these are just a few.
This Death Star has a small Star Destroyer to compliment it now - the two look great together, and actually light up and talk. Yes, this one talks too. When the tree turns on for the first time, you can hear all the talking ornaments speak at the same time. This one is a little more ominous, as the Emperor is giving the order to fire the Death Star's weapon.
This might be my favorite ornament on this tree, although it probably has to do with it being my favorite of the spaceships. It's such a graceful looking thing, but on top of that, it brings back memories of a kid seeing it for the first time, and anxiously waiting to see the movie it would be in. This ship is one of the first things we see in "Return of the Jedi," and one of my favorite large-scale toys as a kid. I still have it, by the way.
Ah, the Darth Vader tie fighter. Many of these have small lights inside, and places to plug into existing lights. Some of these have been in my collection since the mid-nineties, when I was first collecting ornaments for the tree at Ye-Ye and Nana's house.
Here's aggressive Yoda, ready to defend Christmas from morons. Hopefully there won't be too many this year. That would be a nice Christmas gift. In fact, we'll call it a Christmas miracle! But we'll change the subject here:
This is really the reason I have any pictures of the ornaments at all here: it's Chewbacca. And it's not because it is Chewbacca - it's because this is the first gift given to me by Ba-Ba and Nana. This was back in 1998 or 1999, I'm not sure. But they gave this to me as a Christmas gift, so it has always had a special place on the tree. When we divided things up to make a "Star Wars" tree, of course Chewbacca always goes to the top.
This ornament is a submarine from "The Phantom Menace." It lights up, and I usually put it towards the bottom, but not this year. One of the great things about Christmas trees is treating each one as a bit of artwork, doing something new and different with the placement of various ornaments.
Ah, this is an Ewok! This ornament was a gift to Daddy last year, so this is the first year it is hanging on the tree. It fits right in with the coniferous look there.
And there's Rey from "The Last Jedi," with a stormtrooper in the back. The stormtrooper is actually from an ornament exchange party we attended in the nineties, and it always brings back great memories of the fun we had over at Greg and Judy's house each year at Christmas time. We may do that again this year - we'll see!
Anyway, that's "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and that's just one thing we were doing today. Madison was at school, getting ready with some new things in math, and turning in - finally - her report on Lebanon. She'll have a few tests and presentations this week, but with Halloween being on Thursday, it'll be a fun and interesting week. Each day the kids are dressing up in various colors or costumes to celebrate or remember one thing or another. Today, the kids were wearing red to promote "Drug Awareness Week." Madison will wear a Hawaiian outfit tomorrow... for some reason. I don't remember why. And of course, they can dress up on Halloween to school.
Speaking of Halloween, tonight after piano class, we watched "Ghostbusters II." Madison has been into the Ghostbusters this season, so we finished up with the third of the movies (we started out with the more recent version earlier this season). It's not too bad, and in fact has some fun stuff in it.
We got to bed earlier tonight, reading and praying. Ba-Ba started week four, and he wasn't not looking forward to it in Florida. We were praying for him and his chemotherapy. Halfway through though. Hopefully things will start to improve - at least that's what we are praying for.
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