We've already decked the halls for Christmas | Cheryl Gibbs

We put the tree up on Sunday, much to my husband Matt’s reluctance.

He doesn’t particularly enjoy the process at the best of times because naturally it creates a mess (and he has OCD), but adding a curious toddler to the mix makes for an even more problematic ordeal.

Matt goes along with it the best way he can and tries to look like he’s enjoying himself – although I know really he’s working out what he should clean first.

I admit it wasn’t quite what I had imagined – our daughter Harley was naturally curious and wanted to play with every single sparkling red, gold or green bauble in sight. In fact, every decoration really.

I accept that she clearly wanted to get involved, but toddlers don’t have a lot of patience.

For some reason it took about three hours to do the tree and decorate the lounge as Harley was becoming ‘Little Miss Impatient’ due to how long it was taking for Matt to assemble the tree.

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We’ve always had a real one, but last year decided that we should probably opt for an artificial one for the next couple of years while we have a baby and toddler.

However, regardless of what tree we went for, Harley’s interest in it hasn’t faded one bit.

She spends most of the time yanking off the baubles and decorations with so much delight it’s hard to stay cross at her – although it’s wearing thin a bit given that most of the decorations have been prised apart and reassembled.

We may have to opt for a half-done tree if she doesn’t stop – I’ll decorate the top half and leave the bottom half na