I came home from the stable today, and during small talk with my husband I glanced over at my daughter who was laying a nice fleece blanket over the hearth. 

Brett said, "I have no idea what she's doing." 

I shrugged.

She, without stopping, informed us,"I'm laying this down so that Santa doesn't slip."

She's so thoughtful and cute.

When I emerged a few minutes later, she had every thing we own piled all the way around the blanket.  She called it her "Contraption."  Then she showed me the dog and Ellie footprints on the blanket that Santa would love and pointed out the Lite-Brite that she added to the contraption for Santa to play with when he gets here.

Kids a hoot!