Okay, so as you can see this year we were very worried about our tree running away...or at least the ornaments....
This cage has become a yearly tradition in our house for about 3 years now. Between daycare & our own youngsters this is the only way to protect the tree & the contents of the packages below it.
I think back to past years - before the "cage"..... How did we ever make it?? I remember having a very small tree our first two years of marriage one of which was child free. The next 2 were our big tree but no gate & don't remember the youngsters ever bothering it. Couldn't imagine giving them free reign at it this year though 3 - 1 yr. olds could be a real disaster! Not to mention the 2 year old who's arm is just barly long enough to finger-tip them anyways....luckily Dylan & Ryan aren't too interested in the ornaments unless we have guests over - of course they want to show off their favorites, but have decided it works just as well to point & not take them off of the tree.
Our tree is supposed to be decorated with an Orange & Black OSU sort of theme this year. Every year we do a different color theme on it & last year after Christmas found wonderful orange & black glass ball ornaments, we as you can see we never found any other orange or black stuff so it's just a little bit naked, but oh well! We still like it, and we very proud of our decorating skills! Dylan & Ryan did most of the ornaments from the bottom to a little over half way up the tree. JD had to do the ones on the top since we don't trust Ryan near a ladder or anything he could try to "fly" (jump) off of....
Durring our Thanksgiving break Nana also put up her Christmas tree. She put an extra one up on her kitchen table (just a little one), but it had no ornaments just lights so we decided to make some new ornaments for it. All 5 of us pulled out the craft stuff & went to work on some creative new things for her tree - even Aydan "helped" - ok so really he played "how big of a mess can I make while Mommy & Daddy aren't looking", but oh well he had fun! Sorry I didn't get any pictures of that, I was too busy cleaning it up to worry about the camera.
Our tree is supposed to be decorated with an Orange & Black OSU sort of theme this year. Every year we do a different color theme on it & last year after Christmas found wonderful orange & black glass ball ornaments, we as you can see we never found any other orange or black stuff so it's just a little bit naked, but oh well! We still like it, and we very proud of our decorating skills! Dylan & Ryan did most of the ornaments from the bottom to a little over half way up the tree. JD had to do the ones on the top since we don't trust Ryan near a ladder or anything he could try to "fly" (jump) off of....
Durring our Thanksgiving break Nana also put up her Christmas tree. She put an extra one up on her kitchen table (just a little one), but it had no ornaments just lights so we decided to make some new ornaments for it. All 5 of us pulled out the craft stuff & went to work on some creative new things for her tree - even Aydan "helped" - ok so really he played "how big of a mess can I make while Mommy & Daddy aren't looking", but oh well he had fun! Sorry I didn't get any pictures of that, I was too busy cleaning it up to worry about the camera.
So as you can see Christmas is in full swing around our house!!
1 comment:
Very FUN!!!!!! Love the "cage" LOL
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