CHRISTMAS TREE

Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

Mahala was so small last Christmas.  She would sit in her little seat and stare at the twinkle lights on the tree and be happy for so long. This year, is something else entirely! She was a mad woman.  She was playing with balls, throwing clippings, chewing on needles, and generally doing everything she wasn't supposed to. 

She loved it!

I was cooking dinner while her daddy was getting the tree ready to be decorated. Mahala was beside herself. She didn't know what to do. She was bouncing from the kitchen, "helping" me cook, and running to the open front door to watch Dwane cut the bottom off the tree.

Soon enough Dwane brought it in for her!!!  She was nothing but smiles!

As soon as Dwane got the lights on it she was over there trying to take them off. He finally had to give her a little branch so he could get all the balls ready.

Mahala just didn't understand why her daddy was putting all these shiny, sparkled, and frosted little balls on her level.  She just wanted to play with all of them.  There were Nut Crackers, Bells, Balls, Snowmen, and even an Elephant on the tree.  They were right on front of her and she was getting in trouble a lot more often than she thought she should.  

This year Mahala got a pretty ornament all for herself.  It's a blue glitter in-crested high heeled shoe.  She loved it!

Now we have 13 days until Christmas, which means that we have 14 days left for her to stare at the tree, touch what she isn't allowed to touch, and be told "NO" more times than I can count!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!