In 2008, G was a mere 10 months old, and only crawling, so it wasn't hard to keep him out of trouble:
When Christmas 2009 rolled around, we were the proud parents of a rather obedient 22 month old, who knew "no" and was happy to play to touch the ornaments with "ONE finger!"
2011 brought a 6 month old cute, non-mobile Hudson and an almost 3 year old. No modifications needed.
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| Look at those cheeks!!! |
... and these
Garrett, of course, at almost 4 can follow directions and knows not to pull Rhode Island over on himself. Hudson on the other hand? Not so much. He undecorates the bottom 2 feet of the tree multiple times a day...and by "undecorate" I mean "grabs hold of an ornament and yanks as hard as possible until it comes off". It's a lovely game.
So, needless to say, there are minimal decorations out this year. Except, for one love-ly area. My mantle. {cue Hallelujah Chorus and a drum roll here} ...
It's taken a few weeks to complete {and by "complete" I mean I'll be digging our stockings out of a box soon!} but I absolutely love it!
The "trees" {cones} are our Advent Calendar this year. I like cute, but not cutesy, so when I saw this idea {somewhere!!} I knew I had to do it. The only problem being once I had purchased the scrapbook paper, got home and put all boys in bed, I couldn't find the tutorial {with patterns} A.N.Y.W.H.E.R.E. on the great world wide web. Urgh. So, I winged it. {And other than the circles on the bottom of the cones not fitting perfectly, I really do love it!} And the best part? It's out of reach to all humans under 5'10"! Yay!
I love how the wreath turned out. Especially the E! And the cute little trees in the little urns? Yeah, they were an impulse-ish buy at Michael's. But for $7.49 each, how was I supposed to say no??! {they were originally $19.99, thankyouverymuch!}
LOVE.
I'm linking up to these Linky parties:
Alamode's Mantelscapes
Christmas Cheer
Yoru Advent trees are adorable!
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