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December 6, 2003
Merry
Christmas! (Sounds
like it should be
followed by a big Ho,
Ho, Ho, doesn't it?"
Oh well, my ho'in' days
are over, I'm guessing)
Today has
been a really great day
so far, except for the
tremendous headache I
have from not sleeping
long enough. Dylan
woke up at 4:00am hungry
this morning, so by the
time I got him fed (he
went to sleep before
dinner last night), I
was too awake to sleep
and too sleepy to do
much more than stare a
great deal (I'd say I
was the "stare master").
Around 10am, we took the
kids to the Christmas
Craft Fair ("craft" as
in "making things," not
craft as in Craft,
meaning MY kind of
Craft... wouldn't THAT
be a hoot?) at the
school and spent a
little over an hour
(closer to two,
actually), scuttling the
kids around from station
to station, helping them
glue jiggly eyeballs
onto foam rubber
penguins and stringing
beads for necklaces.
We go every year and
it's such great fun.
This was the first time
all of us have gone.
Usually one of us will
take Dylan and Delena.
Nathan has really been
too little until now.
The Christmas music was
playing and the REAL
Santa was there, not
some joker in a fake
beard with padding.
This one was REAL.
Nathan was flat out
refusing at first to
have anything to do with
him, but when Dylan went
up and started rattling
off his Christmas list,
Nathan started to panic
figuring he needed to
get his dibs in, so he
broke away in this
panicked run and bolted
for the stage, ran up
the stairs and hopped
onto the guy's lap with
Dylan. It was so
sweet. I have
pictures of them that
I'll post later this
week, as well as
pictures of all of the
decorations we put up
last night, including
the tree and a million
lights on the house.
(Psst: One thing I
have strongly suspected
and now know for certain
is that Eric, bless him,
has no talent for
putting lights on a
tree. Don't tell him I
said so, because he
really tried and was
consumed by the
Christmas Spirit...
don't want to dampen
that any).
The craft
fair had a really
profound effect on
Nathan, beyond just
conquering his fear of
Santa in favor of
material gain. The whole
time we were there (I
mentored him while Eric
handled Dylan), he kept
cuddling me and telling
me how much he nubs me
(loves me) and several
times, said, "I'm so
HAPPY." I thought
if anything it would be
overwhelming with him
because it was elbow to
elbow kids. He did
a fine job and came away
with some wonderful
ornaments that are
drying on the table as
we speak. After
they finish drying, I'll
need to throw names and
dates on the back.
I had a
funny experience when
decorating last night.
I pulled out the
crocheted red and green
placemats and put them
on the table with a nice
flower arrangement and
said, "See, Mama?
I put out the placemats
you made!"
Immediately, I heard her
in my head snapping (and
I do mean snapping), "I
didn't make those, girl
your Granny did."
I got them about 20
years ago and was sure
she'd made them but um,
evidently not. I
guess time mulls the
memory a bit (but not
Mom's, it seems).
Tonight,
we celebrate the Full
Moon (Long Night's
Moon), so friends will
be coming over, which is
always fun. It
doesn't seem like it
should be December
already. It's
starting to get quite
cold out, 61 right now
and getting down in the
40's tonight (Brrr!!!
Shut up! I live in
Cali for a VERY good
reason and THIS is IT!)
We got a real tree this
year, just a little fir,
and the smell is really
strong in the back room,
which is lovely.
I've been downloading
Christmas music to burn
onto a CD to set the
mood further.
These people are going
to be Christmassy OR
ELSE!!
Fortunately, the little
ones are taking to it
quite nicely.
I'm
teetering on this brink
of whether to clean my
house and finish the
laundry now and
be responsible and wise
or screw around doing
the book reviews I need
to do (there are 20 in
the chute waiting to be
written and 40 more
waiting to be read and
written about) and clean
at the last minute.
After
some thoughtful
consideration, it
appears I should be
cleaning, so I'd best
get about it.
I do hope
your weekend is just
spectacular and that
full of joy, peace and
rest.
Much
love,
K
 
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