Trimming the Tree

Mum and Dad were brave enough to invite over all of their grandchildren to help trim their tree. For those of you who have seen their tree, you know that Mum takes great care in placing the ornaments, almost like they have been put up with the assistance of a ruler (and knowing my Mum probably a level too!), so I was surprised they would want the help of three kids under 4 feet tall. Well to my surprise the tree turned out beautifully and the ornaments are surprisingly well distributed. Simon only wanted to put up the Christmas balls and shuned any non-round ornaments. He also insisted that Granddad put all of the ornaments "up" and he would always jump to illustrate when passing off the ornaments to hang. Next year Seamus will join the fray so Dad needs to work on speed hanging as he was already ragged by the end of it and this year there were only three demanding grandchildren.