Christmas is upon us. It's only 11 days away. I've done pretty good so far this year. House is decorated, presents are wrapped. Almost everything is bought. Almost. There is always that one gift that your child sees on TV that they just HAVE to have. And then you rush out like a mad woman to get it. But then one child has an extra present so you have to go get another gift and it's just a never ending cycle.
I'm sure we've had some entertaining things happen around here but with all the holiday hoopla, I just can't seem to remember any of it. So I thought I'd leave you with some tidbits of joy that my kids have said the past few weeks.
From the son:
Mom - if Santa brings you coal, do you still get presents from you parents?
I guess he wants to make sure he's getting at least a few presents!
Mom - if Dad broke both of his arms, would you have to wipe his butt for him?
I have no idea where this even came from. And lets just pray it never happens.
Mom - I'm too tired to walk after my shower can you drag me to the living room?
FYI - don't ever do this because your baby boy's legs will get extremely rug burned and you will feel awful for days. I didn't do this, but just saying in case you were thinking about it.
Mom - when I get old I'm going to build a house and there is going to be a secret tunnel to a house for you so that when it snows you don't have to go outside to come over. And there is going to be a slide so you can just slide all the way to my house because you will be too old to walk.
Wow, that's really nice of you. When are you going to build this house?
When I'm 20 because then you will be REALLY old. (FYI - I'll only be 48 when he's 20. Apparently that's ancient)
After putting on his wrestling singlet - Mom, this outfit is so stupid, it makes my weiner look big!
Well it's better than making your butt look big! Because really, how else does a mother respond to this?
And the best for last -
Mom - wouldn't it be awesome if Santa got stuck in the chimney and we could just go up there and take all the presents out of his sleigh and I bet there would be a flat screen tv in there and I could have it in my room and my sister would be so mad and then we could help Santa out and he wouldn't know we took the presents because we would still give him his cookies and he would give us a ride in his sleigh and then when he got back to the north pole I would be hidden in the toy bag and could be a secret spy and see how everything was made.
But son, all the other kids would be sad if they didn't get their toys.
Well then I wouldn't take all the toys just the TV so my sister would be mad but I'd see if there was another one for her too.
So glad that he's thinking of others.
From the daughter -
If I don't get a cell phone for Christmas, I am going to be the ONLY one in the entire Middle School without one.
Why can't I get new clothes, all of my clothes are so stupid and do you want me to look stupid at school? Why do I have to wait until Christmas to get new clothes, I guess by then I just won't have any friends.
I have no response to either of these because I'm picking my battles. So far, I've picked all the wrong ones.
So with that, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
