We’ve been busy busy busy around here and I haven’t felt much like writing. I’ve sat down to write a post once or twice but the words just don’t feel right so I walk away and never come back to it. The words still don’t feel right today but I’ve decided that I am going to force myself to sit down and actually post something.
How were your holidays? Ours were great. Filled with family and fun and presents.
Then a week long vaca at the Happiest Place on Earth and when I say that I mean it. It is our favorite place on earth. Which is why we spent five straight days at Disneyland and California Adventure.
It is good to be home though. I never thought nine hours of laundry followed by two hours of washing cars would actually feel good but it does in a masochistic sort of way.
There were many happy memories made this week but one that sticks out as so so special is our Build-a-Bear experience. Evangeline received a gift card for B.A.B. over Christmas so I put it aside to use at Downtown Disney because they have an awesome two story B.A.B. and I wanted to check it out. I wasn’t so excited about the regular ‘ole bears and bunnies downstairs and it was packed like a can of sardines in there so we trekked on upstairs where they had Build-a-Dino. An ecstatic Eva picked out a Pteranodon just like on the show “Dinosaur Train” and named it Tiny.
I have never seen her more excited about shopping. She had her arms full of clothes and accessories for her little dino. I wish I had taken a picture. We had to pry half of it out of her hands of course.
It was just a truly delightful experience to see my little one so happy and about something that I thoroughly approve of. I don’t like her to watch too much TV but Dinosaur Train is a great new show on PBS which also touches a bit on adoption.
Now that the holidays and vacation are over I can get back to school and start working on my goals for this year. One of which is losing the 5 pounds that I gained during all the glutinous festivities.
*And no none of these business are paying me to write great things about them. I wish they were….but they’re not.
Two children that I love today fell off the back of couches. One was my daughter who fell off the pony-wall actually which is right behind the back of our couch. She fell on her head and thankfully was not hurt too bad, just cried for a little while as I monitored her for a concussion. The other was my four year old niece who bruised her fingers pretty bad, but thankfully they were not broken. This got me thinking if there is a higher incidence of accidents around the holidays. You know with parents being preoccupied with buying and wrapping gifts and making food for family get togethers. Then it got me thinking of all the people I have heard of recently who have had tragic events in their families. It seems like there are more this year than usuall. For those people please know that I am thinking about you today and throughout this holiday season and if I could I would take your pain away.
On a lighter note…
I was listening to “Talk of the Nation” this morning on NPR and they had a wonderful Christmas addition where people made up their own versions of “‘Twas the Night before Christmas”. I am a very sarcastic and tongue in cheek person myself so of course I loved this. I hope you enjoy it too!
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas 2.0
Merry Christmas to all and to all a safe night!
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This isn’t technically from us, it is from the grandparents but we had to return the one they bought because it just wouldn’t have fit so we went and picked this one out today. I love it! It is so cute, and I love that it is wood instead of plastic. It’s at amazon for $370 but we got it at toys r us for just $120.
Why do I always get sucked into black Friday??? Every year I say I am not going. Then I look at the ads Thanksgiving day and I say “Look at all these great deals, I can do this!” After waking up AT 4:30 a.m., showing up, realizing that everyone who said they would meet me is still sleeping in their warm bed, figuring out that everything I wanted in the add is already gone, picking up some other junk I never wanted in the first place, waiting in line for 2 hours to save spend a little bit of money, and after ALL this I promise myself “I am NOT doing this next year!” Then, a year later the cycle starts all over again.
Tell me. Will it ever stop? Is there some kind of 12 step group for torturing yourself this way even if it is only once a year?
If I hear about any more killings it may motivate me to quit going out of self preservation.
I have a fairly small house and it is already full of toys so this Christmas we are limiting ourselves to buying little E only 3 gifts. She’ll also get stuff from extended family members so that right there will clutter my house enough. The 3 gift idea also came from my sister, she always only buys her kids 3 gifts because that is what Jesus got from the wise men.
Here is what Eva’s 3 will be this year.
- Baby Alive – We got her the Hispanic one that speaks both English and Spanish. She also comes with a little potty. You can feed her baby food and she pees and poops!
- Little Tykes Quad – This will probably be her favorite, I know there will be many tears when it is time to come inside the house after riding this around in the grass but her smile on Christmas morning will be well worth it!
- Doodle Pro – She has a little one that keeps her busy on trips so I think she will like this one has well.
For her stocking so far I have picked up
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