Mom, Corwin, and Charles, had to get up very early this morning to head out to a nearby town to help with a string concert at a nursing home. Alice and I slept in and then rushed over to barely make it in time to hear the brothers play. Grandma drove down attend, and then came back with us afterwards.
At home, Mom was in tree mode. She got the tree in and set up, with some help from Charles (I was fiddling unsuccessfully with the garage door motor). Mom set up the lights on the tree and the kids did most of the ornament hanging. For whatever reason (faster, less distracted) the kids kept on until the tree was basically done, which I think is a first for them. And nothing was broken!
The rest of the evening was dinner and baking cookies. The important thing is that we Mom packs in as much activity per day as possible.