Light Up Princess Dolls of JOY!

Once upon a time, not so long ago...

I too was plotting on how to get the jolly fat man to deliver the goods.

AHHHH Christmas.

Kids: bat your eyes, act sweet for the next two weeks, EVEN go to bed without a fight. It's crunch time...Santa is on his way!

AHHH the holidays...how I love them! (Not to mention the fist fights in the Target parking lots...and the mothers launching themselves onto the last light-up sparkle princess doll of the year and fighting the B***h that tries to take it from your hot little hands...but I digress...)

So Renee has been plotting. She's turned into a child. She no longer fears the man in the red suit; she now welcomes him with open arms (so she can receive more toys). I am amazed at how quickly a kid moves from the "sniveling toddler" phase of life to the truly “self-interested-gimmie-child-mode”. Renee is so there and I love it. This year she specifically has asked for a wooden train set, an oil tower for her trains and a car/train wash for her favorite "mode" of transportation. She also has been trolling the aisles at Wally World and has discovered the infamous "remote" (in marketing terms it is called a Leapfrog video game system), and light up princess dolls (God knows the world needs more of those). She is expecting to receive all of these gifts due to her generous contribution of not ONE cookie or TWO cookies for Santa...BUT TEN cookies for the jolly old elf. She reasoned the other day that 10 cookies would keep him in the house longer so he would have more time to give her more gifts (no joke, she is just that twisted). I didn't tell her that those cookies might send her mother and father into diabetic shock, but I assume that conversation can wait (at least for a few years).

I do have to say, on behalf of my readers (and for my own sake), that our whole Christmas has not been consumed by mass quantities of commercialism...just 95% of it. This year Renee played a large roll in helping adopt a family from church. She helped me pick out presents and learned about sharing our joy and happiness with others. She has also learned about the birth of Christ and why we celebrate Christmas. (To help butter up Santa she even drew him a cross today for Christ’s birthday.) She sings carols and dances for us to the constant lull of “leather face” Andy Williams and our good friend Bing Crosby. Tonight as we ran through the covered bridge at Woodbridge she giggled and laughed with glee...afterwards the two of us sat on the walkway and watched the lights dance on the water (insert ooo’s and ahhh’s here). It's one of those moments that you will never forget as a mother...and man it makes you want to have 20 carbon copies of your first model...but I digress. Under all of our greedy self interests I have enjoyed this year more than you can imagine (despite the gallbladder thing). The magic of Christmas does exist and I am THRILLED that Renee is sharing it with us so generously. I have truly never been happier in my life than I am right now...light up princess dolls and all.

(And let me tell you...I took that woman DOWN...it helps to have mass on your side. God I love physics.)

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Jenny

Blogs to Come

I am sorry that I have not written in a while...life has been pretty insane....

When I get some quite time I will fill y'all in on the last few weeks.

sheesh. (photos and all)
Jenny