Putting Up Christmas Lights

Ryan was thrilled this year to be able to help Papa put up the Christmas lights – on the ladder!





After climbing the ladder to string the lights over the bedrooms, he decided to get on the roof, hang over, and hook the lights from above. I had to go inside so I couldn’t see him. It made me nervous.



Shortly after these last pictures were taken, Ryan decided to “test his pass accuracy” by throwing rocks he found on the roof and in the rain gutters at the mailbox. (You moms see where this is going, I know.) His accuracy isn’t that great. One rock hit the back window of Papa’s car, breaking it. We obviously had a lot of opportunities to talk about thinking through consequences before acting. But you know the “7 years of bad luck” for breaking a mirror? Ryan’s decision seemingly started about seven weeks of bad luck for our family (his observation, not my attempt at guilting him). More to come…