10,000 uses for Duct tape- # 976

Mr. Man and I were having a busy and productive morning de-decking the halls and boxing up the lights and garland. We have it down to a pretty decent efficiency level and it's always easier to take it down then put it up.

Our Christmas tree, which was one of the best in near memory, lush with full, deep green bows, stayed fragrant and beautiful until December 30. This is the day it shriveled up, folded itself up like a big beach umbrella and pretty much removed its own decorations all at once! Guess it knew when it was time to  leave! I hauled it out to the curb by myself, recalling how it took the two of us to wrangle it indoors from the truck and how heavy it was. Now, it weighed about 5 pounds. This began our prompt to start the clean up and put away process a little earlier than usual.

 So, as Mr. Man removes lights, cables, and elves from our roof  he hands them down to me and we get the job done double-time. Up on the roof, he has a birds eye view and tells me there is a couple walking their dog in a weird stroller so call in Captain Morgan.

I turn to watch the couple advance. Not a dog or a stroller. It is a pink Little Tyke scooter that has a handle attachment in the back for the parent to push the kid along. The kid in this case is a darling 10 month old baby girl bundled up in a furry hoodie. Her mom and dad are very young. . . teenagers, and thrilled that all my tree ornamental balls are blowing about the yard and bouncing merrily down the sidewalk. Baby is holding one they captured on its way down the block.

We exchange pleasantries and I notice that the baby has been duct taped into the scooter seat and her legs duct-tapped to the sides to keep them off the ground. Pointing this out to mom that it may be illegal to duct tape an infant into a scooter, she laughs and says,
 "Isn't it great? She was dragging her feet on the ground and we couldn't get any where or she would fall off the seat! Now we can walk fast! I even brought the roll of tape in case she starts to slip. Duct tape is the best!"

Wishing I had my camera to capture this oddity, they are gleefully waving goodbye, pushing fur coated baby with zebra tights and red shoes wiggling as they continue their walk down the block.
Mr. Man has been watching from his rooftop perch. He says, "I think that's illegal?"

I'm not sure. The baby is happy, her legs and arms weren't blue. Her little red shoes showed active toe wiggling and her  Mom and dad were happy. I think its okay if there isn't duct tape over the mouth or face.

What do you think?