Christmas tree decorating, candy canes & cookies

This whole Christmas thing...........

with sour faced Santas at the

end of long lines, and too warm

weather, alternating with cold, damp weather....

Royanne doesn't know what to make of Christmas lights

decorating houses and yards,

the Christmas tree in the living room.......

the one in her bedroom....................

.......but she was up for taste testing the cookies

meant for Santa in a few days....

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Playing with the wooden garland.

She looks like she caught Santa coming

down the chimney!

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Slinging jingle bells.



Liam taught Royanne - against my wishes and
instruction - that the candy canes were real candy and
therefore edible. He took them right down off the tree.
I told him she really didn't like sweet
things, but that if she found out she
could unwrap & suck on them a bit and drop them on
the floor (and leave a mess for mom) that she would.
She now has a new hobby----unwrapping canes
and licking them a while and dropping them,
JUST LIKE I SAID!!
I have sticky messes and shards of candy ground
in the carpet!!!
(but it's okay...)



All wrapped up.



"Let me deck the halls!"




Royanne with her pink tree......complete
with baby lambs in the branches to match the
bedroom's decor, and pastel colored candy canes.




So, we decided that it would be better for Royanne
to not place breakable ornaments on the tree.
I strung around garland that looks like candy, and Bruce
brought home boxes and boxes of candy canes. We gave Ro
a quick lesson in hanging them and let her do the rest.

As you can see, the tree has patches of heavily

decorated branches!

She had so much fun decorating and then

clapping for her handiwork.

When some fell on the floor, she'd just

leave them there. Some fell from higher

branches, too.

Some point upwards, some go down.

None were moved or rearranged.

Such talent!

So sweet!

At the end of the day, she placed her

bedtime bottle in the tree.

She is so funny!!

The finished product.