Heartburn Free Tree

Hat tip to Rhonda for the idea to share this post. She talked about their family's necessary Christmas tree modifications due to their 4 year old and 1 year old. So, I thought I'd share our modifications this year also!

We went to Hobby Lobby, bought about $30 worth of flowers (everything was 50% off), cut the stems off, and put them everywhere. Red poinsettias, yellow roses, and pink'ish roses (because Poodle was there with me when we bought them). Poodle helped put them on - I just did the tippy top ones. After that, all the decorations have been of her own making! Pictures of princesses, cotton ball snowmen, colored shapes, etc. Yesterday, she decorated with pencils and pens! I figure we'll continue to have decorations added until the tree comes down. And that is just fine with me. I have absolutely no cares where the decorations are hung, nor where they end up. I have no worries about where Toot's little hands are. It has been so easy this year!

The only hiccup was when I looked into the "regular" ornament drawers trying to find the hangers, and laid eyes on the ones of years past. I had a momentary twang, but it was quieted quickly when I came in and saw Poodle's rendition of Snow White. It's a beautiful tree. It will never make it into a Southern Living magazine, but it's a beautiful tree!