So That's What Happens

Lia signed us up for a Jesse Tree. If you don't know what a Jesse Tree is that makes two of us.

From what I gather it's like an advent calendar without the little doors you open or the treats.

Instead, you hang ornaments on a Jesse Tree, which is basically a Christmas tree without ornaments until you put them on.

The ornaments are what you have to sign up for apparently. Lia and twenty-four other "couples" (women) each craft twenty-five of the same ornament - a la Henry Ford - then pass them out at "the ornament exchange."

Lia made the world. Anna Rose and she painted clear globes blue then Lia painted on all seven continents (all green). Our worlds are post Global Warning. I say our because Lia convinced me to go along with her to "the ornament exchange" even after I explained to her that I was pretty sure I was going to be the only male in attendance.

In order to ensure I was wrong, Lia invited our friends Barnes and Elizabeth out to dinner beforehand. They (Elizabeth) were also participating in the Jesse Tree. So it ended up being me and Barnes along with all the women.

There we were, eating our tiny cakes from Dewey's bakery and sipping our non-spiked lemonade while we sat around and ooo-ed and aahhh-ed at everyone's ornament. (Lia's kicked ass by the way).

All the while I kept thinking to myself, so this is what happens at those baby showers Lia goes to.

By the end, I was ooo-ing and aaahhh-ing as much as the rest of them. I couldn't help it; some of the ornaments were so adorable. 

Jesse Tree season begins December 1. So you still have time to join the party.