![]() We then sat back to witness what happens when the imagination of a child tosses creative buds to connect for her parents. As she lit the tree in our living room, it exclaimed sunshine. Jan was up long before sunrise and had the butterflies perched on branches with netting woven in between the colorful wings. Lydia was going to have a butterfly birthday tree, and it was the perfect time to start to introduce her to understanding color theory. Several were done in complimentary colors, such as yellow and purple, orange and blue, and a personal favorite - green and magenta. Markers, crayons, and pastels were used for creating colorful cluster of butterflies. When Lydia conveyed her request message for butterflies, her mother and I did get a flutter! It was sweet and therefore motivated us to be up past midnight coloring dozens of butterflies at our dining room table. We often her say “those pretty butterflies sure like those pink flowers.” Leave it to a three-year-old child to have the bright butterflies of summer segue seamlessly into decorating a pine tree in March for her birthday! The prior summer, she had taken quite an interest in Jan planting impatiens by our front porch. Jan and I clearly remember her stating that butterflies would be nice for her birthday tree –n in March! This happened as we were discussing how nice it would be to have more room in our living room once the tree was packed away. ![]() Over the years, in addition to our traditional Christmas tree, we have had a snowflake tree in January and Valentine tree in February.
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