Can someone explain to me how to prevent a two year old from destroying a Christmas tree? For some reason, having a perfectly good pine tree in our living room is nothing more than a temptation to our two year old to touch, play under, throw his football at, gawk at, and really tempt fate that if he could just touch the ornaments, his whole life would be complete. I feel as if I need to construct some sort of barrier like a fence around our poor tree as not to be defiled by the wandering hands of a miniature hurricane also known as my son. I dread the day we actually put some presents under the tree...uh, that will tempt him even more. This is why I believe we should have purchased a two foot tall tree...one in which he could not reach as it would have been up high on some sort of table, where we could put presents out of his reach. But, we are traditionalists I suppose. Not a bad thing if you don't have a two year old who questions the motivation of why there is a tree at all now residing in his space of rest, playing, and obsessing about all things Thomas the Tank Engine! But to be honest, I wouldn't trade any of this time of wonder and bewilderment, and probably some excitement that he feels right now about this weird object full of lights, ornaments, and other assorted decorations adorning our living room. I love it. Now if I could just stop him from torturing our cat... More later...