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Nov
25
O Christmas Branch
by Leslie
We decorated our Christmas tree yesterday.
Rather, my mother and I decorated the tree and Julia decorated a branch. She put every ornament on the same branch. Some of them didn’t have hooks on them yet. No matter. She gently placed them on top of the branch. Once she built up ten or twelve ornaments, I’d surreptitiously snatch a few when her back was turned and redistribute them on the tree. The exception was a teddy bear knick-knack that possessed no method for hanging. I kept taking it from it’s teetering position atop the branch and placing it back on the dining room table. She never spoke a word about it, but would replace it back on her chosen branch when I wasn’t looking.
Before heading to bed last night, I took one last look at the tree and removed the teddy bear one more time.
This morning, while I was in the kitchen preparing breakfast, I heard Julia shout from the dining room, “That sneaky Mommy! She took my ornament off again!”
I walked over to the doorway and told her, “Julia, that teddy bear isn’t an ornament. He doesn’t have a hook. You can’t hang him. He’s meant to sit. He’s just not an ornament.”
By the time I finished speaking, Julia was already placing the teddy bear on her branch of the tree. She looked over her shoulder at me and said, “Let’s just pretend that he’s an ornament, Mom. Okay?”
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Ooooooh. Aaaaah.
Yes MOM, just pretend he is an ornament. Or tie something to him while she isn’t about so he does hang?
Excluding my own children, of course, and possibly a few others I know in real life, I think Julia may be my favorite kid in the whole world.
I just wonder who she got that cleverness from!?!?!?!
The boys were doing the same. I tried taking xmas photo pics but nothing turned out! I kept getting funny faces!
That expression is fantastic! You’ll probably see a lot of it in about 10 years.
That look is priceless! You sneaky Mommy you…
What a face !!! LOL I think you should find a way of hanging it. If you can’t……. try duct tape. It works for everything.
Jan
Too funny (and sounds oh so familiar!). Love that picture too. Jaxon has a similar expression I see often. Usually followed by the words (his words) “Those are the rules!”
You sneaky momomy! LOL That girl cracks me up. She is such a character and I love to read about her.
Julia is so darn funny! I think she gets her humor from you!
What a great photo! My son is the opposite. He keeps taking off the ornaments and plays with them like toys.
THAT PICTURE! Hahahaha! I love her.
It amazes me that even a sneaky mommy would try to get past that expression. I’m with Jan. You’d better get some duct tape and leave well enough alone.
That face on Julia is just priceless!
Can’t argue with that one can you? Oh Darlin’, I hope Dave has his shotgun oiled when she hits 16, as you are sure gonna need it!!