Christmas time is here

It's Christmas time once again and this year Tyler and the kids lined the driveway with colored lights. It's pretty awesome at night and the kids, of course, love it. We cut down our tree and brought it home to decorate. Now, I'm not one of those moms whose tree has to look good at Christmas. I believe that Christmas is for kids, so let them decorate the tree however they want. So I strung up the lights, opened the box of ornaments, and said," O.k. guys it's all yours!" It was fun to watch them and 90 % of the decorations are at the bottom. One little branch has 6 balls on it alone, but it's their tree and that's what's important.

Now, I something to say. What has happened to babysitters around here? Has it really changed that much since I was a sitter? I never EVER put movies on and then raided the fridge. Here's what I'm getting at. We had our Elders Quorum Christmas Party Sat. night. I got a sitter that we had before and she seemed to play well with the kids. After I drove her home I asked Mason what they did. He said," We watched lots of movies and ate rice crispy treats." I asked him to show me and he pointed to It's Christmas time Charlie Brown- which I am fine with. It's only 30 minutes. But then he said " We watched the Lion King and the Bee movie." I'm thinking holy cow! That's way more than I liked!! Plus I told her that the kids could have 1 (one) treat not the whole pan of crispy treats. And she ate our Klondike bars and seriously half a carton of ice cream! Now, when I say help yourself to anything you can find- I don't mean every treat in the house. Am I alone in this thinking? When you baby sat did you all pop in a movie, after movie, after movie? I always wanted a snack but never dared in case they actually counted the cookies and then thought, ' Well Beck certainly helped herself to the pantry didn't she.' So there. It had to be said. And they're more expensive too, but that's for another day. O.k. all done. Merry Christmas.