Sunday: I put up the Christmas tree while the girls were napping. I put on the lights also. Ellie woke up and helped me decide if the colored lights should flash or be still. She liked the "twinkling" feature, so that's where we have it now. How I determined that's what Ellie liked? She smiled when I hit that option; she cried when the hyper-flashing option started...for that I will always be grateful.
Monday: Claire helped me unpack the ornaments. Well, I was working; Claire was unpacking. Decorating with Claire is a new sport: speed decorating. I worked up a sweat while Claire handed me several ornaments at a time. "Here, Mommy. Here it is. Take it. Take it." The tree looked great!
Tuesday: Ellie sits right next to the tree and doesn't even reach out to touch anything. She likes to watch the lights. Claire has undecorated and redecorated the tree several times by noon. She liked the ornaments with the Peanuts gang. I find ice-skating Snoopy this afternoon in the Fisher-Price Little People House with Mr. Potato Head. I don't even speculate why. Mr. Potato Head and Snoopy go back to their assigned locations until their next clandestine meeting.
Note: I have to say....I went from my "white-lights, matching silver ornaments and bows" tree to a "colored-light (twinkling, nonetheless), homemade and Hallmark ornaments (too many to count!)" tree. I love it! I also hated riding around town looking at Christmas lights. Now I find myself driving through unknown neighborhoods so that Claire gets to see the houses that have cool lights (which she loves). It still doesn't motivate me to decorate the outside of our house though...maybe someday. Nah...
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