It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

 A box was laid out downstairs...what was inside?

 A green furry space rocket?

 A hippo pretending to be a green ballerina? 

An frog with a giraffes neck wearing a fluffy green suit?

No... Definitely not. It was our very own Christmas tree!

Lucky we had some expert helpers who all contributed to making our tree come to life!

"I'm a tree look" Gracie said as she held the top above her head!

"I can help" Rory came along keen to get into it!

Cece was quick to match the colours at the bottom of the branches to put them in the right spots!

Ted let us know that the branches are prickily!

It's all about the fluffing of the tree. We had wonderful fluffers spreading out the branches to look full.

"It's missing the star!" Gracie said and Deanne was quick to show the group the blue sparkly star for the top. All were impressed....BUT...."It's not got decorations!" Zac pointed out.

Luckily, we could fix that! Check out the gorgeous baubles the tamariki have made.

And her it is...our very own Christmas tree.

Full of our beautiful, smiley tamariki.