All We Want for X-mas

We have a new, exciting devlopment. The six year old has a very loose tooth. It could go any day. I am sure I will cry like a baby when it does. Just the other day, we were watching the video of when he was 7 months old and "helping" his Dad put up the wooden baby gates at the old house. He was drooling all over the place while he sat with his toy hammer. That tooth was a little white nubbin--his first one-- and we couldn't get him to show it to us. Now it's about to fall out.

Here's the thing. Like I said, it'll go any day now. We're shooting for X-mas eve. Can you imagine? Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy ON THE SAME NIGHT!!! It would be fabulous!

Stay tuned.

Robin

These Were the Runners Up

These were pretty close too. I especially like the one on top. That's the essence of my daughter. Perfect hair, goofy grin and scabby knees.

Ok...Here's the Money Shot

This is the one that went in the card. It was the Perfect Storm of mommy photography.

Christmas Miracles

Turns out, it doesn't take much.

Miracle #1: I took the BEST photo of the kids for our X-mas card. I don't know how it happened. Normally, it's impossible to get them to look in the same direction at the same time (much less at the camera). One of them usually has red eyes. One of them refuses to smile. But...I dunno. This year, I didn't make a huge deal out of it (other than going out special to buy my daughter the perfect plaid flannel nightgown...I blew out her hair and sat on her to get the headband in right). Anyway, they crawled under the tree and were PERFECT!!!!!!! I sent out a dozen more cards than I usually do.

Miracle #2: Ok, this one's not so much a miracle as it is the cutest story ever!!! My son had his Santa Shop at school. I sent him with $20 so he could buy gifts for all of us. Dad got a fat pencil that says "Superdad." (He got the matching fat pen last year.) I got a pink heart necklace and matching earrings. His sister got a pink choker inside a pink flip-flop case. The sweetest part was he whispered to me when she was opening it. "Mom, I looked and looked for horses, but they didn't have anything with horses for her." He's the sweetest boy ever. His sister is a horse freak. I cried.

Of course, being who she is, two seconds later, she opened up the flip-flop and asked "How come there's no horse?"

Robin