When last we chatted, Mila was wide awake, two hours past her bedtime, and wearing Big Kid pajamas. It had been a sucktacular day, but little did I know it was about to turn magical. SO MAGICAL.
While wandering around Walmart and trying to stay awake, Mila and I looked at Christmas decorations. Of course. What better time to dream of new trees than the end of September? You have to plan these things in advance, you know. Mila pushed every button on every musical thing, pointed to every tree, and generally declared her love for all things sparkly and bright.
Which, THAT'S MY GIRL!
I didn't buy any sparkly holiday things, though. I thought REAL HARD about it but decided I should finish putting up the Halloween decorations before I start putting up the Christmas ones. We all know Mila will insist on putting up a tree if I buy a new one, y'know? Immediately. There will be no delay.
So I left empty-handed, put Mila in her Big Kid pajamas, and picked the real Big Kid up from dance. We headed home, Mila couldn't sleep, blah, blah, blah.
Mila couldn't sleep because she was too busy trying to convince me to buy another tree. Like, she went ALL in on trying to convince me, even to the point that she started walking around the house and pointing out where one could go. She ended up settling on the happy little corner where our trash cans used to sit in the kitchen. They don't sit there any more because our dog Penny is a doucheface who steals trash. A tree would be PERFECT there.
And then Mila began walking around and collecting items that could be used as ornaments for this new tree that we're totally going to have a month from now.
It's going to be a Shopkins tree. It's really a very excellent idea.