Christmas fun

So, Elliot's favorite thing this year is to covertly take the little christmas lights off of the tree. We bought a prelit fake tree a few years back. It seemed a great idea at the time. With (then) three cats and a baby on the way, it seemed like it would be much better to have a fake tree than a real tree. No needles to pick up, no water to spill, no need to go buy a tree every year... Well, the first year it was beautiful. Prelit really seemed the way to go. There were way more lights than we could ever cram on there, and not a single bare spot. Each year a few more bulbs would burn out. Last year we bought some weird tool that detects where the "duds" are so that you can replace them and get the whole strand working again. We never counted on a mischievous 3 year old though. He pulls those little bulbs out every chance he gets. Goodness knows where they end up. I found one inside the couch the other day (by accident, I was looking for something else...don't ask what). I see little empty bulb sockets all over the place now. Most are at about 2.5 - 3 feet off the ground. This is no mere coincidence. So, now the only prelit portion of our tree that is still lit is a a lonely little patch at the top of the tree. The rest is meekly lit by some new LED lights that I bought this year. Guess I'll have to go get a few more strands...