Please, sir!

If I've already given you an answer, please don't ask me again.

Oh Christmas Tree!

We cut down a tree today.  It was disturbingly easy.

In all the years of buying trees, I've never felt the need to thank it, or apologize to it, personally, for giving its life to us for our Christmas cheer.  Until today.

For any of you who watched last night's episode of Big Bang Theory, I felt a little like Sheldon today (even if Christmas trees derived from Saturnalia is conjecture!).   Our traditions have gone a bit too far.  I even considered the whole "gift hypothesis" as I was thinking of what level gift I should give a friend of mine.  Until I disgusted myself.  

So, for this week, we're going to put lights on our little tree and let it feel the joy of a warm home with children who adore it.  Ho ho ho.

The Great Out-, I mean, Indoors.

"Run for your lives! There's a bug on the tree!"

Tis the Season

I love Christmas.  I love the celebrations, the joy, and the peace, and the warmth that pierces through the cold air.  The only thing that ruins it for me is the argumentative, selfish, whining beast that replaces my smart and usually thoughtful 6 yr old son.  The harder I try to bring out the real meaning of the season, the more ferocious he seems to become.   I need advice.  I can't be in the same room with him.  

P.S.  I love him.

So Done With Kid Stuff

Happy Birthday, Joel!

Joel: "I'm not going to play today.  I'm just going to do grown-up stuff like reading and talking."

"I'm so happy I could almost cry!"

Sunday Birthday

I'm about to have a 6 year old!  Any ideas on what to do on a Sunday to celebrate 6??

A pumpkin patch story

Joel wrote a story about a pumpkin patch as part of his October homework.  I don't remember having homework in Kindergarten, but then again, look how I turned out... Anyway, I digress.

I translated from K-spelling errors, but here's his little story pretty much word for word:

"This is about a pumpkin patch.  

Once there was a happy little town where there were lots of pumpkin patches.

One of the pumpkins snuck up on a house right behind a door and opened it when people weren't looking and suddenly the people saw them and tried to catch it but they couldn't."