Wednesday, December 17, 2008

first christmas tree


a tiny rubber band
glass christmas tree ornaments (2)
silver tinsel
dirty socks
cardboard chunks
one golf ball
a lime green sharpie

i fished all of the above items out of clara's mouth. just today.

she loves christmas! so much to get in to.
we put up our first christmas tree this year, and it makes our house feel even more like home.
at first we just left the bottom two feet free of ornaments, so that clara would not pull them down. however, she is growing inches each day so it was no use. she boldly jumps up and grabs the ornaments and then smiles back at me. in her defense, they do look like toys. she also learned how to pull down the tinsel today. she is above the curve.

we have not had to worry about the cats climbing the christmas tree yet. buddy has circled it a few times, rudy has blinked slowly at it while sitting on the sofa (squint test!) and lanka, well, she's probably still in the closet.

the only solution was to cage in the christmas tree- to keep all these wild animals out.

5 comments:

Bree said...

Just wait until you have a baby a few years from now. Hold your horses, trees and puppies. If Lanka isn't out of the closet yet... Well, she might never come out:)

Missy said...

Oh I love your tree! You should decorate that gate!

Clara Belle is so advanced! I am so proud of her.

Ginger pretty much ignores the tree but she loves ribbon and wrapping paper, delicious! The snakes come out to see the lights. I try my best to keep myself from playing with the ornaments!

Lanka is missing out!

Anonymous said...

It looks great...cage and all!

Colleen said...

So sweet...Clara is so cute!

kmp476 said...

So fun! I love the tree and the gate (Clara too!) Hope you're staying warm!!