Our Tree
I read in a blog recently that a mother decided to not tempt evil and put her tree on the front porch away from harm's way. Ashamedly my first thought was, "I'm glad my kids are more obedient than that." I'm experienced after all. This is my 5th Christmas keeping a baby or a toddler from touching the ornaments. A few hand swats and an occasional spanking and by day 3 or 4 the tree has been reasonably safe. But then came number 3 and suddenly putting the tree on the porch doesn't seem like such a bad idea. After fishing broken ornaments out a certain young mouth I decided I wasn't dealing just with an obedience issue, but a safety issue. My strategy, however, is not as drastic yet as putting the tree on the front porch. I decided just taking off the first row or two of the ornaments and moving them upward would fix the problem. We'll see if this works. If not, there may be an addendum to this post.
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2 comments:
Hehehe... Last year I forgot what it was like to have a baby around a Christmas tree and when I babysitted my friends baby, he ate one of my ornaments and then was choking up blood. When my friend came home, she said to feed him a piece of bread, and it would be OK. So... remember that.
I seem to remember another member of your family eating a wine glass. Must be hereditary! We have those same Merry Christmas blocks at our house, too! :) Have a great Christmas!
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