Christmas Tree V. Charzilla (Aka Rdette)

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The Defendant: Rdette



The Charges:



Count 1- Conspiracy to commit De-decoration

Count 2- Attempted ingestion of holiday symbol

Count 3- Attempted abduction of one Mr. Snowman



Judgement: Sweet but guilty on ALL counts!



Sentance: A retaining table will be used to keep Rdette at least 3 feet away from tree at all times. Any violation of this table will result in immediate detainment in the nearest Graco Pack and Play Penn, while parent cleans up the mess!



Chris and I knew that Rdette was going to be one with the Christmas Tree this year. So we needed to find a way to make them co-exist somewhat peacefully. Now, if we could figure out a way to do this for free even better!



The week before Thanksgiving our nerves got the best of us and we decided to try out our idea. So up went the tree.... well half of the tree.... on our old kitchen table. Weird we know... free and keeps the baby safe yes.



This was our first time having to deal with this. When Lily came home we kept our tree up for a totally of one day. Just long enough for her to open her belated Christmas presents. The following year Rdette was 2 months old and Lily was almost 2 years old. As long as we left a few ornaments that Lily could play with freely she was happy and left it alone. This year was not going to go as smoothly.



In the end we think the tree has never looked better even in half! Lily came still reach a few ornaments, and Rdette is safe. Oh... Lily's favorite part of the tree is that each time we turn it on one of Chris' Star Trek ornaments speaks and I quote ' This is Captian Janeway of the Federation Vessel Delta Flyer. We are on a mission of peaceful exploration.' - Yes, we have had it for many years! Anyway, Lily thinks that it is SANTA talking! She will shout out " Santa right there in my tree!" Rdette likes to point at the tree and say "this, this"



Next year I think that out tree will be whole once again. When Santa comes this year he is going to take away the table for Christmas morning. Then it will appear right after breakfast! ;-)



We did have the tree skirt on the table, it is really pretty... each time we put it up Rdette walks right by and pulls it off.