Christmas Decorating

On Sunday we decorated the house for Christamas. We put together our fake tree and Lea got to hang decorations from the bottom branches. She did not quite understand that you could be "done" decorating the tree. She keeps sneaking back over to the tree trying to decorating more, or hanging over the couch trying to play with the ornaments. She even recruited a partner in crime. Kris, Jerry, Wilder, Michael Hopens and Chris Chapman came over for dinner for Jerry's birthday. We suddenly heard Wilder's cry. Turns out he'd taken a tumble over the couch reaching for ornaments. We can't guarantee that Lea didn't push him, because later in the evening she came and asked me the mystery question of "Can we play Mob?" I can't be sure that's what she said, but that's what it sounded like. Well, I didn't know what it meant and when in doubt, like a good mother, I said yes. After a few minutes there was complete silence from the living room and when children are quiet, you know they're up to something. So I went in to check on them and again they were both stretched over the back of the couch playing with ornaments. It was my guess that Lea's game of "mob" was entice Wilder to the tree and push him over the edge to "sleep with the fishes." We joked that I have a 2 year old hit baby! Good times, good times! Kris and Jerry took it in stride and didn't seem to hold it against Lea.

But mostly, while decorating, we just had fun talking about santa. We found the dancing santa that makes Lea giddy with joy. She can't get enough of his little song. After about 5 turns of "Jingle Bells" from the santa Dan turned to me and said "Boy are you going to get sick of that... oh wait..." remembering he was the one home with her and Santa all day!
She's still a joy to watch.


So now she's ready to go see the big guy in person and ask for her tricycle. We've been trying to prepare her for Santa. She knows to not be afraid (last year she cried and cried!). She knows that Santa brings presents and I guess has no doubt that she has been good, because she just says "Santa is bringing me a tricycle." And in the video you can see that she knows that good girls say "please." We're working on always saying please, but we have it on good authority that she has indeed been good.