While Katie Was Sleeping

[billroper]

Once we got Katie to fall asleep (approximately two hours after we started trying, right around midnight), we returned downstairs to decorate the Christmas tree without her assistance. Our nine-foot tall Fraser fir has consumed ornaments and lights with a vengeance, but is now looking very much like a Christmas tree. daisy_knotwise is hanging the last few -- unbreakable! -- ornaments on the bottom of the tree. It used to be that we hung unbreakable ornaments there because of the cats and dogs.

Now we have a one-year-old girl. :)

(Pictures will follow tomorrow, once we've actually had some sleep.)

Comments

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

I resorted to putting the tree inside a baby fence when my kids were that age. Good luck!

[jdonat.livejournal.com]

we used to 'tie off' the tree in a couple different directions. We used fine nylon rope and hooked it to a couple of points on our window frames. just used the 'eye' part of the hook/eye hardware. At the time, we put the tree in a corner of the living room so it was pretty easy. I had it setup that it just wouldn't come down if i didn't want it to. With 2 cats and 2 kids... figured best to be safe

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

So far Alex is content to play with the tinsel and the two ornaments at the bottom of the tree we told him were his. He hasn't shown any other agressive tendencies towards the tree....yet.

Here's hoping that what is unbreakable for a cat also holds true for a one year old.