Getting Ready for Santa

Now that we are back in town it is time to decorate the Christmas tree. We didn't want to leave Mary on her own to defend the tree from Clara and George (the cat) during our trip. So we are doing our decorating a little late this year. I never realized how challenging it would be to keep all of the glass and delicate ornaments out of Clara's reach. Really, trees should be inverted so you have more limbs to decorate at the top where kids can't reach and fewer at the bottom (it would also leave more room for presents ;)
Clara is actually putting an ornament on the tree. Odd since she spent most of the time pulling them off. I think I'll be finding ornaments scattered around the house now til Independence day.

Even though Clara doesn't remember Christmas from last year, she is still starting to feel the excitement of the season.