The grand boys (7, 5, and 3) came over for a visit last week. Just so you get an idea about what that was like, their Christmas card this year included this line: "From our merry mayhem to yours." They loved that our tree was still up. I've always been slow to take it down, but I don't put it up by Thanksgiving either. They enjoyed looking at all of our decorations, from our corn husk angel on the entryway table (30+ years old) to a more recent wooden decoration featuring a tree and a snowman with a lighted star on top of tree and the words "Oh Joy!" It had spent part of the season on the bedroom dresser, but I had recently moved it to the entryway table beside the corn husk angel. (Joy was a serious contender for my OLW for '25, until BE nestled into my heart.)
Ollie, our three years old grandson, enjoyed carrying the lighted decoration around. After they left, I noticed it was no longer on the entryway table. I recalled seeing him carrying it towards the living room shortly before they left.
So my search began. Did he tuck in into the Christmas basket with an assortment of holiday creatures? No. Did he decide to add it to the Main Street table where it could decorate this favorite toy of his? Not there, either. Did he hide it behind the pillows on the couch? Nope.
I considered calling his mom and asking her to inquire about the location, but I didn't want him to get in trouble. I settled into my comfy chair to watch the evening news, convinced that our snowman with a tree and lighted star would eventually surface. It was later in the evening when I spied it, exactly where our ingenious three-year-old decided it belonged.
Ramona, now this is a slice of a child's life. I certainly understand how your grandchild enjoyed the decoration and found an accessible place to place it. "You got to love the little grand"!
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