5 Year Old with a Saw

Jeff cut up our Christmas tree again this year. Let me explain. Last year we didn't know what to do with our Christmas tree because we couldn't figure out when the city picked them up and the condo association frowned on any unsightly objects being placed outside where others can see them. So Jeff decided to cut it up and put it in a box for the garbage. He said they did it when he was younger a few times and used it for fire wood. (I wish we had a fireplace to do that). Anyway, I thought it was kind of sad to watch our pretty tree get cut up. Well, this year he wanted to do it again and again I protested, but I lost and the tree got cut up. I thought it would make the kids sad so they went to the basement to play (we've turned it into a fun playroom...I'll have to post pictures). But Christopher came up and actually thought it was so cool and wanted to help. Jeff is really good about letting the kids help him with anything. As a mother I was reluctant about letting my 5 year old use a saw, but turns out he was really good at it and didn't even saw off any fingers. :) Jeff supervised carefully, but Christopher has some real sawing skills and didn't need much help. Michael was actually asleep during it all or I'm sure he would have helped also. :)
And here is our New Years snowman. He's kind of dirty and leafy because it took all the snow in our little yard to make him...right down to the dirt and leaves. He's even got spiky hair and a carrot nose, if you can tell. We were going to do a Calvin and Hobbes and make him look like a crazy snowman trying to escape from the fence, but we decided to let the kids decorate him instead. ;) You can see Michael holding a little baby snowman he made. He later made our whole family in baby snowmen.