Friday, December 7, 2007

O' Tannenbaum, O'Tannenbaum - Oh...Tannenbaum

I entrusted all of the Christmas ornaments (glass & metal alike) to the ever-steady hands of a 3- and 4 1/2 - year old this past weekend (well, all but my one or two or eight of my most cherished). Bold, venturesome, crazy...I know!

But you know what, they managed not to drop or break even one!

I hate to admit it, but the only casualty of the night was all me. And, truthfully, it would have been a "no-breaker" if my overwhelming need to replace all of the old, yucky hooks with the newer, more attractive hooks from Crate-and-Barrel hadn't taken over.

Don't judge me, Perfectionism is a disease. See I capitalized it, so it is. Really.

And I know if anyone were to look closely at my brand new ornament hooks, they will notice nothing special about them. But they are - really. I got them from CRATE AND BARREL and they were only $0.99 for 50, or maybe they were $1.99, or maybe...ok, I actually am not sure how much they really cost, but I know they weren't expensive. And they curve a little differently than my old ones. And they are just the right length. And...ok, now you can judge me.

Anyway - here is a picture of the kid's version of the tree. And, yes, immediately after they went to bed, I couldn't stand it any more and redistributed the ornaments evenly throughout the tree...Perfectionism is a disease!