When I look at our Christmas tree, I immediately know two things about our family. First, we have pets and young children (hence, no ornaments on the bottom branches). Second, a 5 year old helped to decorate the tree (some branches have 3 ornaments and some have none). A few days after putting up the tree, I began to notice that the branches seem bent in some areas and the spaces between the branches were getting bigger. I thought that it was the children, Nora loves to try to pull up on the tree. It wasn't until one night I was up with Nora (she still doesn't always sleep through the night) that I heard the clinking of ornaments on the tree. I walk into the living room to investigate and see our small cat, Bea, sitting inside the tree. She just climbs out of the tree like I'm the one bothering her. For a couple of days I was on the lookout for the cats. If they got anywhere near the tree I would scare them away. It didn't take long to realize that I was fighting a losing battle. So now, a little over a week later, I gave up and just hope and pray the cats don't break any ornaments. As I look at the tree today with it's misshapen branches and crazy cat sitting in the it, I realize that we couldn't have a more perfect Christmas tree.
For some reason, Leo thinks when I say smile, I want him to make crazy faces!
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