Shredded Ornaments :(

Now that the elf adventures have come to an end, I guess the focus is back on mischievous Riley. On the positive side, he likes the raincoat that Kyra's dad's family gave him for Christmas. It's too small for him to wear, but he enjoyed carrying it outside in the rain today.

On the negative side... I decorated our Christmas tree on 12/6. I put the most valuable ornaments near the top in case a pet decided to remove decorations. Our cat Tiger has been known to do so in years past. But I was quite pleased that noone bothered the ornaments... until tonight... Just before pet-dinner-time, I caught Riley chewing up a snowflake ornament. I fed the pets in hopes that real food would distract them from further destruction. It was successful for a while, but a few hours later I heard him chewing on something that didn't sound like a dog toy. I caught him with something sharp in his mouth and called Kyra to help me get him to "drop it". It was a girl scout cookie ornament that we had made when Kyra was in girl scouts in 1st grade, and it had a safety pin that had become un-hinged. Glad I caught that! As I walked through the room, I found other ornaments that he had chewed. Our cheerleader ornament (Kyra was a cheerleader in 2nd grade), a hand-made snowflake that Kyra and I made years ago, and my favorite sea-horse from the Chattanooga Aquarium. Bummer!