The other night Alethea helped me change out the sea shells on the dining room table for a more seasonally appropriate centerpiece.  She really enjoyed playing with the fake cranberries (yeah, I know, they look more like crab apples).

And she was able to follow my instructions when I asked her to take the cranberries out of the box and put them in the jars.

When we were done we were happy with the results:

Or rather, I was happy with the results and Alethea was upset that she didn’t get to play with the cranberries anymore.