Oh Tannenbaum

The prospects of our getting an awesome tree from the baseball team at James River High School being so bright, Henry and Daddy have to wear their shades. Henry has taken to wearing his sunglasses a lot. In the car. In his stroller. In the grocery store. I think it's because he's a drummer now and so he has an image to project and protect.

Over the river and through the woods, to the baseball fields we go!
Henry helps us decorate. Or mainly, he excels at re-decorating. Many ornaments were hung multiple times. Notice the spiderman ornament at his feet. This, and a scooby doo van, are his favorite ornaments and spend more time visiting baby Jesus in Henry's "Little People" Nativity than they do on the tree.

Henry helps Daddy water the tree. But it is during this time that he discovers the joy of splashing in the water in the tree stand.

And then he begins to rearrange the lights.
Henry crawls around to the back of the tree. Sloan, not seeing what Henry had done, literally asked me, "Where's Henry?" Only to hear a "Dee-a-Doo" (Henry's version of "Peek-a-boo") from the back of the tree.

So finally, we had to put the tree in prison. It's for it's own safety. But we do have "open tree" times where Henry can rearrange to his heart's content. But Mommy just can't take having to "parent" so vigilantly for longer than 30 minutes at a time.