Thursday, November 15, 2007

Christmas and curious three year olds

Well, the Christmas season will certainly be interesting this year! I will have to come up with some place where Sarah's gifts will stay safely HIDDEN! Quite the challenge...

A couple of days ago a package arrived from Grandma and Grandpa Butterworth, addressed to Sarah. We opened the box, and inside found a beautifully wrapped Christmas present for Sarah. So I put it on top of Sarah's dresser and told her that we couldn't open it until Christmas. For the next two mornings, Sarah woke up saying, "It's Christmas!" and I would tell her, no, not yet. She would be kind of bummed for a few minutes, but then go on her way. I figured everything was fine. Silly me...

Yesterday Sarah waltzed into the living room holding a lovely purple sweater and proclaiming, "What a beautiful Christmas sweater!" (It is, by the way. Grandma's skills are amazing). She had grabbed my two aerobic steps, stacked them to give her the added height that she needed, and climbed up to grab the present from the dresser top and unwrap it! She's incredibly clever--not to mention determined!

I scolded her for opening the package when she was supposed to wait until Christmas, causing her to promptly burst into tears. She asked if we could rewrap the present and wait until Christmas. So I put it back into the wrapping paper, stuck it down into a gift bag I had, and put it on top of her armoire. Surely there is NO way she can get anything down from the top of that! (Knocking on wood here...)

So, Grandma and Grandpa, you have my apologies that the Christmas gift was opened a bit early. But it is back in its packaging to be opened again when Christmas actually gets here! Meanwhile, I will have to think of some way to keep all the Christmas presents out of Sarah's reach. I have a feeling that the top of the armoire may get very, very crowded....

1 comment:

Tara said...

That was pretty funny...and so not surprising. I can't imagine any little kid resisting that temptation. :-)