The kids were beyond excited to put up the tree last night! I really want to teach them that it is for looking at and not touching or playing in. All I can say is we have a LONG, VERY LONG way to go. Kael just threw the ornaments, and then when I showed him what we should do with them, he started taking the ones with no hooks and stuffing them all on the same spot of the tree. Kai thought hanging about 12 on the same branch was the way to go, Havyn was more into licking them and breaking them than hanging them, and Koen did well (maybe it happens with age). As soon as we got the tree somewhat decent looking we struggled to keep the ornaments on it because Kael is just sooooo tempted to use them as balls, and they are just so pretty he can't help but touch them with his pointed index finger while he looks right at mom or dad waiting for what he knows he is going to hear. This morning I thought I could out smart him, or at least block him, by placing the love seat in front of the doorway to the living room. Well, it keeps him out as long as Kai, Havyn, or Koen don't help him over the sofa. They are all too smart for their own good and have figured out that they can indeed go over instead of around. After a long day of telling them to stay out of my tree, and chasing them away from it, I'd had enough and I put both Havyn and Kael in a time out in their rooms for using ornaments as balls. Neither one of them has touched it since, but I doubt that will continue tomorrow. I think I know why I gave up last year and had a half naked tree by Christmas.
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