I love decorating the tree with my kids. They fight over who
hangs which ornaments. They fight over the part of the tree they decorate. They
get mad at me for not letting them hang the $20+ Christopher Radko glass
ornaments. They get mad at me for not letting them climb the ladder to hang the
ornaments at the top. They spill their hot cocoa. They roll their eyes when I
try to take their picture next to the tree. They cry when their metal hook
comes out of one of the ornaments. They cry when an ornament falls and rolls
under the tree and out of their reach. They complain when I don’t let them hang
every ball from the Costco-sized shatterproof ornament bucket. They yell over
the lovely Christmas music my husband has in his iPod playlist. Shall I go on?
But when it’s all said and done, and I step back to look at
the tree, I smile. And, I chuckle … when I see 18 shatterproof ornaments
hanging in a one square foot section about 36” from the floor (eye level for my
4-year-olds). I may remove a few to relieve the sagging branch, but I leave
most as a reminder of what it took us to get there. And, I will look forward to
the same chain of events next year. Happy decorating!
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