A couple of nights ago, the cherubs decided that it would be a good idea to put up the Christmas tree. The muscle of the Bartholomew clan dug the tree box out from under the basement stairs and lugged it up to the living room. The trusty directions were pulled out of the proper file folder and...... the boys did all of the work! They separated the branches by tip color and put them all in place. There wasn't even a squabble. I'm sure Santa is so proud and is putting their names on the "Nice" list. Later that evening, BS put the lights on the tree. That's his Christmas decorating contribution. That all occurred on Saturday. We finally got around to decorating the tree this evening. Dave and I carried the boxes upstairs, and again, the boys did all of the work while we took pictures.

Camron unwrapped all of his past Christmas creations and set them up on the coffee table. He set up the Nativity scene.... I wonder if I could talk one of the boys into hanging all of the garland around the windows and up the stairs????? I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be doing that this year - bah humbug! (Please don't hate me Christmas Queen Kim :)

In other news, my boys have booked their first child-sitting job (no children will be sat on during the course of the evening....I hope....) I had never even considered that that would be something they could do; after all, they are MY babies. I am very honored that ES and SB believe that my boys are capable of looking after their boys. Ryan's only concerns when I presented him with this proposition were: "Will there be pizza?" and "Can everyone go to the bathroom by themselves?" I have assured him that since Jimmy will be with Wendi, everyone left at the house will be capable of handling their own bathroom situations......