This is Buster. He's technically a breeze blocker...you know, the things you lay down in front of the door to keep the cold drafts from freezing your feet in the winter? But at our house, he lives on the mantle at Christmas time. Buster is the bane of Bitsy's existence. She stands beneath him on the hearth & cries, "Baby! Baby!" Then looks pleadingly at me & moans, "Baby....baaaaaaaa-beeeeee?" His feet dangle just a few inches out of her reach. I'm waiting for her to construct something to climb to get to him.
When not crying for Buster, she's coveting a Precious Moment's ornament ball hanging just out of reach. She brought it to me 5 times yesterday. "Ball? Ball." I'd take it away, tell her no & hang it back up. She'd go get it again. Eventually I hung it out of reach. Then she stood crying at the tree, "Baaaaal! Baaaaaaal." Last year she was intrigued by the lights on the tree. This year I worry that she's determined to climb it.
I'm feeling a tad industrious today. I've kept most of the dishes clean. I baked the gingerbread cookies I didn't get to yesterday. One more batch of Chex Mix went in the oven & is being slowly devoured. I think I'm carbo-loading. The kids & I made foam ornaments yesterday to use as gift tags on the teacher presents we're sending to school. I've folded 4 loads of laundry & washed 3 more. The kids cleaned their rooms. It will be nice going into Monday without feeling overwhelmed at the amount of work to be done.
If you have yet to chime in on Santa's roll in your house, please read the post below & comment. There are a lot of interesting things being said & done in regards to the bearded one.
I should also clarify that my children live under strict orders that they are not to disillusion other children. I know the debate has come up at school a time or two so I told them it's up to each kid's mom & dad to tell them about Santa when they think it's time. And B.B. is stoked about Santa coming to our house....which is odd because he was terrified of him at school this week.
3 comments:
Enjoyed your post. I've forgotten the thrill of small ones and the tree. Andrew and Jake help decorate but Evan is not reaching...Yet!
Looking forward to torturing my two year old...but I'm sure it will be the other way around. I'll have to stand guard at the tree. But she does love her Christmas lights!
Want some more Christmas deco ideas from you.
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