hey mom, there's a tree in the living room

We bought a tree today. Sadly it was fake, but it fits our apartment nicely and our budget. Target people. Target has AMAZING deals on trees, lights, ornaments, etc. It was nice to walk around and see Bee's eyes light up in amazement to see all the lights and sounds that come with the Christmas season. Once she went down for a nap we set the tree up. We had hoped to have the whole tree done and ready by the time she woke up, but it was one of those really short nap days, so the lights and about 8 ornaments were done. But she was amazed! She loved the lights and all the pretty decorations, but was not too sure of the tree itself. She was crawling around the base and the branches brushed against her head and you'd of thought the tree hit her, she was so upset. Oh well, at least we don't need to worry about her yanking the whole thing over!

Last year, some of Josh's coworkers gave us a hideously bright pink pair of singing flamingos. Josh and I thought it would be cute to show Bee how they swayed and sang. She loved it as long as Josh was holding her. She wasn't so brave once we put her on the ground beside it to take some pictures! She cried, crawled straight into Josh's lap and clung to him for her dear little life! We must be bad parents, because instead of flying to her rescue like normal parents, we laughed and tried unsuccessfully to document it. And I figured out I had the perfect cure for trying to teach Bee not to touch the TV. I put the flamingos on the TV stand and although she glares at it, she won't touch the TV because of the hideous birds! HAHA
mmmm..Santa looks good!


and he tastes good too!