tight squeeze

after the debacle of carving pumpkins, chris and i weren't holding out much hope for trimming the christmas tree. having learned that having low expectations can often be quite helpful when dealing with unpredictable children, we thought that we'd give it a go for a few minutes, and if their interest waned, chris and i could finish up ourselves after they went to bed. but they loved it! we had the christmas music going, the candles lit, and the wreaths hanging on the front door and every window. as soon as we opened the box of ornaments, they dove in headfirst, oohing and aahing at all the pretty, fragile ones and especially enjoying the ones that are kid-friendly. they'd grab one at a time, march over to the tree, and do a fairly good job at getting each ornament attached to a branch. we do, however, now have a tree that has 80% of its ornaments within a few square inches. at a preschooler's eye level, of course.