Christmas suprise!

I just got back from helping Joseph. I had been sitting here typing away on my e-mail, when Joseph came up to me and hollered "I need underwear!" I looked down and our streaker had returned, this time only wearing Caleb's snow boots. Maybe he figured he had his boots on so he can go outside, but then decided he did at least need underwear. When I looked at him, his explanation was that his diaper fell off. Apparently his pajamas did also. Right now he's dancing fully clothed and happy in the kitchen to Christmas music (Diana Krall!).

Christmas Tag

O.k., I got this from my friend Kimberly, It ddin't take too long to fill out, despite breaks for the kids, and I'd love to see some answers. So Tag, you're all it! Just comment here that you did it so I can check it out on your blog.

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Just copy this entire post and paste it to a post on your blog. Change all the answers so that they apply to you.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper for kids (just like Kimberly--it's harder for the kids to peek in wrapped presents), and then whatever I feel like (and time I have)for everyone else.
2. Real tree or Artificial? We've had both, but I really love having a real tree, especially when we get the chance to go cut one with our family.
3. When do you put up the tree? We try for the monday after Thanksgiving for Family Home Evening.
4. When do you take the tree down? Usually as soon as we get back from visiting our families, so sometime in January.
5. Do you like eggnog? I do! I'm one of the crazy ones that get it in the Halloween cartons, and then whenever I can through the holidays, and like Kimberly too, I like to mix it with Sprite.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I still remember the Ken doll I got that had glow in the dark stars on his pink vest. Yeah, a little cheesy,but it was the '80's.
7. Hardest person to buy for? My dad or some of my nephews
8. Easiest person to buy for? Definately the kids. I could spend fifty dollars on each of them just in the dollar store. But I will not, because then I would be picking up 150 dinky toys, (plus whatever they drag out of Seth's, since he's too little to spread toys yet.)
9. Do you have a nativity scene? yes, I love nativitys! I even leave one of mine (it's just Mary, Joseph, and Jesus) up all year.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I try to mail, but some years...
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I am not sure, I've been pretty lucky. But the funniest was a food storage/preparedness gift from my mother-in-law(I really do appreciate it Judy!), a LARGE box of Kotex! Earthquakes, tornados, pandemics do your worst, I have nothing to worry about in that area.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? O.k., I think the Christmas Story is so funny, and I love the cartoon How the Grinch Stole Christmas (there really is something more about Christmas than the tinsel), White Christmas and Holiday Inn and It's A Wonderful Life are all great, too. Oh, and the Nativity that came out last year or the year before.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? All year round I check for bargins.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Umm, sorry, but yes.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Cookies, chocolates, and cheescake, yum.
16. Lights on the tree? Silly question, the thing needs to be GLOWING.
17. Favorite Christmas song? Too, too many to count. Traditional: The First Noel is a favorite, Funny: The Elves Lament and many others. Karen Carpenter singing Silver bells!
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? We've always traveled, but I'm very much looking forward to Chrismtas morning in our own house this year.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? If I sing the song I can.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? We don't have a store-bought one, we're starting a tradition that the kids make a star for the top each year.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning, with stockings first.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Grandma got ran over by a reindeer and any Michael Bolton or Neil Diamond song
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I love snowflakes, white and blue and silver.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? No traditions, anything yummy.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A dishwasher...a laundry room with real walls...my wonderful family (extended, too).
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Tasha? Please?
27. Who is least likely to respond to this? Of course everyone will run to respond to this, right?

Caleb's Christmas Song

The other day I was working in the kitchen and Caleb was sitting at the counter with me. Caleb all the sudden asked me what a Tula was. I thought he said Tulip (yeah, horticulturist coming out in me, I hear tulips everywhere...), but he said "no, no, Tula!" I thought Doola? "No,no, Tula!" I finally just said, I have no idea. He sighed his enormous "My mom is so silly" sigh and then said "The tula that gives presents to people at Christmas!" Hmmm, I thought, that does not clear up anything. In the quiet that follwed, I realized that the song on the radio was The 12 Days of Christmas. Caleb was hearing "My true love gave to me" as "Tula gave to me."

Felicity's humor, part 2

For those of you who enjoyed Felicity's last joke, here's one she told us last night:

Felicity: Where are hat's mouths?
Me: I don't know, where are hat's mouths?
Felicity: On their stripes! (gales of laughter, then thoughtfully)Unless they don't have stripes...

I think my favorite part was the after thought.

Fun times and Parkers blessing

I'm a little behind in my blogging, but before I write about Thanksgiving and our Christmas tree and our piano and everything, let me just write down this Caleb quote: (handing me a picture he just colored of Rudolph) "Rudolph is a righteous reindeer!" I'm not sure what he learned in primary yesterday, or maybe he's too cool to say cool anymore and moved up to using "Righteous." Anything is better than Phat.
Ok, alot has happened and I don't want to be typing forever so here's my over view of the last couple weeks:
Thanksgiving: Yummy! We had 22 pies (we did share), got a Christmas tree (beautiful), and enjoyed family.
Decorating the Tree: Lots of fun, but I ran out of lights for the top foot of the tree and had to run to the store to get one more string.
Farris' work dinner: Great babysitter (thanks, Brindlee), and the best orange cake I've ever eaten.
Seth's two month appointment: 12 lbs, 11 oz, and 75% overall
Twilight Movie Night: Good movie, but Jasper looked like he had toothpicks holding his eyes open as wide as possible. Lots of tweenagers sighing at the screen.
Nicki and Melissa staying the night: The kids all ran downstairs to wake them up in the morning, hee-hee.
Kids Christmas Party: We got pictures with Cosmo, and nobody cried this year.
Piano!: Geri and Cody brought Judy's piano down for us, thank you very much, Kendrick and Steve helped move it in the house, Thank you! Farris is enjoying it, and so is Joseph. hmmm...
Judy and Charitie: They came to spend the night before Parker's blessing, and we had fun, although we were starting to drag a little, busy day! And thanks for the piano, Judy!
Ward Christmas Party: Yummy food, and some great costumes, and Joseph helped put the tables away after dinner, very serious the whole time he was "helping."
Parker's Blessing: Parker is a cute little guy. Him and Seth are like Tennessee and Caleb re-runs, they both look like their older brothers. Cindi got some great pictures, I'll post some when I get them.
Whew! I think that's it, crazy and fun times, and this week will be the same, but with cookies. Or Caleb will be disappointed. And now I have to figure out how to un-maze our living room.

Twilight spoof

I'm a Twilight fan, too, (going to see it this weekend with my sisters!) but some people are taking it too seriously, so here's the answer...