Tammi's World

I MIGHT be in trouble....

Saturday was so much fun. It's been a long time since I've had a young Christmas helper around, and this particular young lady is a hoot and a holler, let me tell you.....

Now, this was her first real exposure to traditions different than her family's so there were a lot of "Why?'s" and "What's that?'s" and, since I just love tellin' stories, I was more than happy to explain everything. Some things she liked. Some, yeah, not so much.

But that's ok. She had me crackin' up with all her reactions.

I was running behind with the tree preparation so she had to help me get the lights up. It went much better than I thought it would, despite the fact that she was busy on the phone given T1G a rough time!!

For lunch I fixed potato soup and beer bread. She'd never had beer bread before and while, in her words, it was "alright" she let me know it was ok if I didn't fix it for her again any time soon.

hehehehe. Oh well, not everyone is going to like everything.

Finally we got everything on the tree and it was time for the big finish.

The traditional flocking of the tree.

Now, I had mentioned several times that was the final thing we did. She'd just smile and nod.

So as I pulled out the "bag-o-snow" she just looked at me.

"What's that for?"

"To flock the tree. I use it instead of tinsel." (If you've ever had cats at Christmas time and had to clean up tinsel infused poop or puke, you'll understand why I am NOT going there again! Ever!!)

She started laughing.

Seems she thought that FLOCKING a tree meant loading it up with birds.

Get it? Flock. Birds.

She's got a great sense of humor!

So we dug into that snow and spread it everywhere. She LOVED it! She couldn't wait to tell her mom about it.

But I'm just a little worried. I fed my friends 13 year old daughter BEER bread and taught her to flock...........

They may not let her come over again.

Posted by Tammi at November 26, 2007 06:08 AM | TrackBack