christmas is coming (ok, gone, but I'm slow)

Before we left Grandma's and Grandpa's for Thanksgiving, Grandma was kind enough to set up her little Christmas tree, and let the kids decorate it to get in the spirit of things.

Courtney enjoyed decorating the tree with Karlie and Liam. They had it all set up in just a little bit, laden with big ornaments and candy canes. Mysteriously though, there were only a few candy canes left after the grandkids departed. Dad finally asked me: Does Liam not like candy canes? Me: yeah, he likes em. Why? Dad: Well, he keeps on breaking them, and then throwing them in the garbage.

Oh man! So I ask Liam why he's throwing candy canes in the garbage. He runs to the garbage, pulls one out and holds it up saying, "Look Mom, they're yucky! They have plastic on dem." Oh! So he was trying to break them out of the plastic, couldn't do it, and decided they weren't worth his time and trashed them. I guess I owe Grandma a few candy canes... But honestly, if this keeps him from hopping up on sugar...not sure I want to change his train of thought here..