Now we have the tree and get home

After a very snowy and windy drive with the tree on the roof we are all happy to get home. The tree took on a TON of snow and ice and didn't seem to be melting in the garage so we decide to bring it in and just put a ton of towels down on the floor.
Above you see a cute picture of Maya. Yes, behind her is our tree laying on the floor. No that was not on purpose.
After getting the tree up in the stand and straight and tightening it, it promptly tipped right over. And bent up the stand. We tried again, more tightening. Tipped right over.
Finally we notice the little spikes in the bottom of the tree stand that keep the trunk from slipping are all broken off. Nice.
So we left the tree on the floor and ate lunch.
And then Alex and I went into town to buy a new tree stand. While shopping he suggested that he look for a gift for Maya which I thought was a very nice idea. I love how much care and thought he puts in when looking for gifts for her and he gets truly excited and joyful about giving her things.
He also had been asking for a couple weeks if we could buy a star for the top of the tree this year. We haven't had one in a long, long time - ours broke before he was born and since we went through quite a few years of having no tree or tiny trees in our apt in Houghton we just never bothered. So he picked out a very nice, colorful new star for the topper.
The reindeer antlers they found in a box we were unpacking. I *think* Matt and Amy gave them to the kids last year. They babysat then overnight right after Christmas last year because Ben and I had to come back to Traverse City so I could work the day after Christmas. Well the antlers are a HUGE hit this year and are being worn constantly.
Unfortunately we learned the hard way that Maya should not wear them while decorating the tree. She would lean forward to put an ornament on and stick the antlers right in the tree and pull back knocking a ton of other ornaments off!