Oh Christmas Tree!

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . December 18, 2011 . 11:31PM

So, this year, AJ mussed and fussed about how he’s soooo tired of our dogs and how because of those dogs he can’t have a tree. Ok. That’s the real issue, right? With four dogs, a big tree just isn’t going to happen. They will either think, “YES, a tree in the house for me to pee on!” or they will think, “YES, a tree in the house for me to jump on!” Neither is a good solution for a very expensive fake tree or a very expensive real tree. The other issue we face is that there is no good spot for a tree on the bottom floor of our house.

Mr. Blueshelled was not even close to considering lugging the tree, fake or real, up the stairs to the bonus room where his office is to create space for a tree. AJ attempted to talk him into it for days until both Mr. Blueshelled and I were over it. Enough. He gets a tree when he goes to see his NeeNee. We understand that we are ruining his childhood and we are the worst parents in the world. We get that although he has a lovely house and that part of the reason we can’t have a tree is that he has so many places to sit and so many bookshelves filled with knowledge for him to consume, he would rather have a tree with lights that will make Mommy say nasty things when one goes out and a whole section of them looks like they are discouraged with being lights.

We get it.

So, I went to Walgreens the other day. I say this as if going to Walgreens is a rare occasion. What I should say is that I live at Walgreens and I come home sometimes. So, I was at Walgreens and we were checking out when I saw the most beautiful tree. I just had to get it for AJ. When he saw it, he was confused as, because we are awful parents, he’d never seen the cartoon.

I bought him the tree. I brought him home so he could watch the cartoon. And now he thinks he has the best tree ever and his Christmas is no longer ruined.

And I’m a good parent again.

Whew. I was worried for a minute.