MOAR LIGHTS

If you thought I have a Christmas problem, just wait until you see what Mila does in this world. That girl is NUTS. I aspire to her level of crazy. Truly.

It was about a month ago when we ran into At Home and discovered that they have a "rainbow tree." It is literally a multi-color tree with red bottom branches reaching all the way up to violet at the top. It is SPECTACULAR, and I say that as someone who already has a rainbow tree, albeit one that is solid white with solid ornaments arranged to make a rainbow. Mila was more obsessed with the tree than I was, a fact which became clear as we were walking home from trick-or-treating. Legit, the kid remembered that when we originally saw the tree, I made a promise. She wanted to buy it on the spot, but I told her we had to wait until after Halloween to think about it.

It was ten seconds after Halloween.

We bought it the next day. I know when I'm going to lose a battle, so I choose to not fight the worst of the fights.

Mila didn't want the tree for her room, by the way. She is apparently still happy with her five-foot tall skinny tree that's decorated to match her bedroom. Rather than beautifying her bedroom, Mila wants to put the rainbow tree in a front window of the house. Her reason? "It's a really pretty tree. Everyone should get to see it."

She's not wrong. 

The other thing that makes me think that Mila is going to exceed my festive expectations is an ongoing issue happening in our family room. The family room Christmas tree is new this year because the old tree kept trying to fall over, even after I replaced the stand. The new version is very pristine, which works because so are the ornaments. I often refer to that particular Christmas space as "The Martha Stewart tree" because EVERYTHING matches and is perfectly placed and so very tightly designed.

But apparently the tree needs more lights.

It was a pre-lit tree, which doesn't mean a thing to me. That is an invitation to put ten strands of lights on it instead of twenty, but that's about it. I put the ten strings of lights on it, but then along came Mila.

"It needs more lights," she proclaimed when I suggested we start putting ornaments on it.

So I put more lights on it.

She still wanted more.

We've been doing this game for four days now. I think there are currently 2000 lights on the 7.5 foot tall tree, which is a bit much? No? 

Mila says ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Challenge accepted, Mila