December 1st = Go Time

Dylan has a strict 'no decorating and no christmas lights until December 1st' policy.  I can put up the lights outside but I can't turn them on until December 1st.  So come the beginning of the month I was excited to decorate that day!  This event is almost countdown worthy.  But instead, Dylan came home early from work because he has been sick all week.  So I figured, he could watch Natalie for the 30 minutes before nap time and I took off into town for groceries.  By the time I got back it was too late to start and we all needed to eat yet.  So we postponed it for a day.  Here are a few pictures from decorating.  While we set up the tree Natalie watched Backyardigans and then joined us for the decorating part.  I am not sure she quite understood why there was this tree where she usually plays.  We gave her one 'Christmas ball' to play with and she held onto it the entire night.  Now it has been lost into the dark corners of somewhere.  She decided to share with the cat, now who knows where it may be!  You may be wondering if she plays with the tree.  Not yet!  But the cat has many various items thrown at her to get her away from the tree.  We can grab something and throw it faster than we can get up and chase it.  Eight out of ten times we miss the cat but it lands close enough to give her a good scare!  Don't worry, if Natalie starts playing with things, we are not going to throw things at her!!