Christmas, etc.

Wow, I can't believe Christmas has come and gone. It was wonderful- lots of fun with family. We went to Troy's parents on Christmas Eve day and had a yummy turkey dinner with all the cousins, aunts, uncles, and Grandma and Grandpa. Then back to our house for our Christmas Eve party with my siblings (except for Lise and Andrew who just moved down to Arizona-we missed them!). We FINALLY got the kids to bed, except for Eric who wanted to help the elfs. :)
An interesting conclusion to Kelson and "Beedle": On Christmas morning, I was surprised that a certain book-shaped gift was nowhere to be found. I looked under and behind the couches, and tried to discreetly get Troy's attention. Just as I was starting to panic, Eric looked over at me and could tell that something was awry. "Hey, are you looking for that book? I stuck it in the tree last night," he offered. We quickly grabbed it and handed it over to Kelson, who thankfully hadn't yet realized that something was missing.

Banned from Beedle. . .

A slight Christmas mishap ocurred in our family yesterday. Kelson's class had library time and he was overjoyed to see that "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" was available for checkout as he just finished Book 7. Unfortunately for him, Troy spotted him with the treasured tome and ordered it back to the library. There was some juvenile resistance. So Troy had to pull the book from my boy's passionate clutches and hand it back to our librarian Mrs. Fyffe. "Why oh why?" pleaded the boy. A discomforting juncture for my beloved husband: Santa is, in ALL likelihood, bringing this child this book. But how to explain to our young believer? He suggested to Kelson that Santa likely knew of his desires and would furnish the book in his own time. Reluctantly Kelson relented. (I'm pretty proud of that sentence.) While relating his tale of woe to me this morning, Kelson offered his opinion that if Santa doesn't make good, there's going to be real trouble.

Hooray for Julie!

Have you noticed that my blog doesn't look so much like a 4 year old is in charge of it now? That's all thanks to my good buddy Julie Blanchard, exercise friend and blogger extraordinaire! She even showed me how to put the cute little reindeer on- I love how he floats around. Of course, in a few weeks I'll have to figure out how to make him go away, but for now I'm happy.
And while I'm on the subject of happy things, here are some more:
1)Troy and I are going tonight to my work Christmas party at La Caille.
2) I'm just about done with Christmas shopping and even with the wrapping.
3) I get to go to the MoTab concert on Thursday with my mom.
4) My Lara has complete faith in Santa's ability to provide her with a toy which Mom can't locate in any store or online. I hope he can do it! :)
5)Maddie's Musical Express performances start this week- all of her hard work finally paying off! And she did a great job at her piano recital last week.
6)Kelson has a new hedgehog named Lucy that entertains us all.
7)My hubby and I have been watching a TV series that we love based on the Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell. We are so excited when there's a new Netflix envelope in the mail.
8)It's snowing today!