December 2022 The idea of setting up the Christmas Tree always brought feelings of joy and anticipation in me. Until I had children…. Well.... it stills brings feelings of joy and anticipation, but I don’t know why because somehow each year it doesn’t end up being the romanticised expectation I have of the event. This year was no exception. It was going fine. Bob was dishing out who got to do what. Missy gets to open the box. Bob gets to put the tree on the stand. Missy gets to put these decorations on. Bob gets to put those on, etc, etc. But Missy wanted to help with the lights or the tinsel or something. And Bob got his knickers in a knot over it. I stood by and questioned why everything had to be divided up, why couldn't they just do it together??? In the end Bob got so mad he told Missy he was "pissed off" (yes, he used those exact words. Shujin and I don’t sware so I was near horrified.) So I removed him and put a big pause on the whole thing. The scene, in a small cleaning of the
Christmas Tree war zone
Christmas Tree war zone
Christmas Tree war zone
December 2022 The idea of setting up the Christmas Tree always brought feelings of joy and anticipation in me. Until I had children…. Well.... it stills brings feelings of joy and anticipation, but I don’t know why because somehow each year it doesn’t end up being the romanticised expectation I have of the event. This year was no exception. It was going fine. Bob was dishing out who got to do what. Missy gets to open the box. Bob gets to put the tree on the stand. Missy gets to put these decorations on. Bob gets to put those on, etc, etc. But Missy wanted to help with the lights or the tinsel or something. And Bob got his knickers in a knot over it. I stood by and questioned why everything had to be divided up, why couldn't they just do it together??? In the end Bob got so mad he told Missy he was "pissed off" (yes, he used those exact words. Shujin and I don’t sware so I was near horrified.) So I removed him and put a big pause on the whole thing. The scene, in a small cleaning of the