Prompt: George, Winona, baby!George - Baby's first Christmas
Decorated
"Well, it's certainly a... unique decorating style." Winona couldn't keep the laughter out of her voice as she offered her opinion on the fully decorated Kirk family tree.
"It's certainly a nod towards our problem-solving skills," George replied as he stepped to her side and wrapped one strong arm around her waist. "George is asleep. The excitement of the evening tuckered him out."
Winona leaned into his body and rested her head against his shoulder. "I have to admit, I hadn't seen this coming," she said with a nod to the tree.
Young George Kirk wasn't completely independently mobile, not yet having progressed to a full crawl, but he'd managed to cause plenty of mischief with the army shuffle and rolling maneuvers he'd long-since mastered. Every ornament that his parents had carefully and lovingly attempted to place on the tree proved to be an endless curiosity to the child and any item placed on the lowest branches of the tree was soon yanked off by inquisitive hands and either smashed against the floor or placed directly into his mouth for exploration.
His parents caught on to his antics immediately, of course, so both infant and family heirloom suffered no damage, but the tree now stood with it's lowest three feet of branches bare and the top four feet overloaded with decorations.
"Yeah, but he's worth it." George grinned. "And now we know. George has prepared us for Christmases ahead. The rest of our kids certainly couldn't cause more trouble than Georgie tried today, after all."
"Bite your tongue," Winona admonished with a chuckle. "Don't tempt fate, love. Our kids'll have your genes, after all."
"Pawning all the blame off on me, are you? Nice try, but I'm not buying it. The stories your mother told me..."
Winona reddened, but settled for swatting him on the stomach as he laughed.