Later that night, after the great tree hunt we decided the only time Jake was going to have to help decorate was probably going to be that night so we hurried and had a quick dinner then started hauling all our Christmas decorations down from the storage room. Jake immediately got to work putting the lights and tinsel on the tree. Ethan immediately got to work putting the lights and tinsel on himself and Olivia. Unfortunately he wouldn’t hold still long enough for me to get a picture of him but I got one of Olivia before she got away.

Since she had taken such a long nap while we searched for the tree we decided to let her stay up at least until Jake got all the lights and tinsel on. She seemed pretty awestruck when we turned off all the lights in the house and turned the tree lights on. She kept saying “ooh” and “wow” over and over.

Because it ended up being so late by the time we got that done we decided it would be better to decorate the tree in the morning. Ethan loves to decorate the tree so much that I pretty much let him do whatever he wants with it. In a few more years he will probably care less about it so I figure I better enjoy it now while I still can!

Olivia being the total copy cat she is, she had to get in on the action too. She had a hard time getting the hang of actually getting the ornaments on the tree but she managed to get a few to stay on.  

Of course we hung everything glass or sentimental starting about halfway up the tree and it’s a good thing we did because at least once a day she would undecorate the tree and Ethan would redecorate it. I don’t think anything within her reach stayed in the same spot for more than 24 hours.

Later that afternoon when Jake was home from school he decided he better get the lights up outside before it snowed. I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready when I heard a knock on one of the windows. Thinking it was Jake needing my help, I walked into our entry way and this is what I found when I looked up.

The sconce light you see in the very bottom left hand corner is about 9-10 feet up on the side wall of our entry. Ethan had crawled out the window behind Jake and was just sitting on the roof watching him hang up the lights. Thankfully Jake actually knew he was there so he was keeping an eye on him and the roof he was on is over our porch and is relatively flat. Scared the crap out of me for a second but he has been around us building this house for more of his life than not, so for a not quite 5 year old he is pretty safety conscious. I’d probably trust him staying safe up there more than I would a lot of people!

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