“M&Ms have letters. But they are for eating, not for playing.”

And, an update on the Christmas Tree Query.  Mommy got a 4′ artificial tree from Freecycle.org, which we are looking forward to decorating with our friends this year.  Ian was carrying part of it around this morning when I overheard this conversation:

Daddy: Ian, what are you doing?
Ian: I’m breaking ground here.
Daddy:  That’s a bad idea.
Ian: Well, I’m just trying to plant this tree.

Mommy interjected at this point to request that we please not either break ground OR plant any trees inside the actual house.