Closing out the season

It took some negotiating... but we convinced the boys that Christmas is over and we should take out the tree. Once we got the process started they enjoyed taking down the decorations. Oreo, of course, has enjoyed taking ornaments off the tree for a month. But that's a separate matter.

Once we removed the decorations there was a compromise made to put the tree itself out on the deck where they can still see it. Perhaps by spring we can get rid of it altogether.