Kick the bells of holly folly!

Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la!

That song of Uno's has been stuck in my head for the last week or so. Crazy.

We had a good Christmas. Despite having stayed awake until the wee hours of the morning as an elf (constructing the much-loved Dora Talking Kitchen, mostly, with a pinch of "oh crap, where did I put the stocking stuffers?" thrown in for good measure), I still woke up before the girls did. When they finally did get up, though, they were thrilled to see their Santa gifts and unwrap all the rest. I had a blast watching them. Christmas is way more fun as a grownup, I think.

There's more I meant to write about our Christmas extravaganza, but my brain is not working right now. :-P Sorry. I'm very tired, so this will have to do.

Christmas was fun. Can't wait to kick those bells of holly folly again next year.


~RCH~

A new rule

Uno is going crazy. Every day she asks me, "Is it Christmas Day yet?" And I have to tell her, "No, but it's Christmas Season so we can still enjoy all the lights and excitement!"

"STOP TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS SEASON!" she exploded at me recently. "I WANT CHRISTMAS DAY!"

Well last night as we were putting her to bed, she let me know that she'd been talking to the Man in Charge: "Jesus told me that we can open one present in Christmas Season and we don't have to wait for the day."

"Oh really?" I said.

"Yes. Really. One present in Christmas Season. It's the new rule."

We haven't opened one yet, but the very sweetest thing about this new rule of Uno's is that she has no interest in opening any of her own gifts (well, let me rephrase -- she has plenty of interest in her own, but none of this urgency). The One Present she wants opened is the one she picked out for her dad. She's desperate to see the excitement on his face when he opens what she just KNOWS he's going to love and treasure forever.

Even she knows that it's more fun to give than to receive. :-)


~RCH~