Monday, December 5, 2011
The Tree Is Finally Up...
This Friday when my kids were supposed to be visiting their grandparents I had one child hold back. He decided that he would stay home. While at first I was worried that he would be bored, I quickly guessed the reason. His mission for the night was to wear me down enough so that I would drag our tree upstairs and get it decorated.
I was amazed at how much this usually quiet kid talked almost the entire time. I was even more surprised by the things that he said. So much so that through my tears of laughter I had to write a few of them down:
While I was putting the lights on the tree he marveled at all of our ornaments saying:
It's like opening presents!
After finding an ornament that his teacher had given him last year:
Aww, it's my horse. I always put it on my hand and rode it around.
I asked him to put it on his hand for a picture and he was crushed that it wouldn't fit anymore.
While dressing the mantle with garland and stockings I had to remove my lamps for fear that I would knock them off. He said:
Don't people put these on their heads at parties?
I am so thankful that he wore me down enough so that I got our tree out. I got to see a lot of his personality that I miss when there are four kids in the house all constantly competing for attention. It really made me stop and think about the last time that I had one on one time with each of them. I'm so thankful that they have each other, I know that they deserve to had the spotlight of my attention shining just on them every once in a while.
Now that our tree is up, it's time to get cracking at some of our favorite holiday traditions.
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I miss having a fireplace. Haven't ever had my own as an adult. I love all the close-ups of your ornaments! So sweet.
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Your ornaments are super cool. Tree looks GREAT!
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