Ready for Santa

"It's taking too long to get home."

H: Mommy, drive faster.

M: I can only go as fast as the car in front of me.   

H: May you get on the highway please?

"Did you wipe all of it?"

[Following a BM on her tiny potty tonight]

H: Did you wipe all of it?

M: Yes, Hopey. I always wipe all of it.

H: Just like daddy does.

M: Yes, daddy wipes all of it too.

H: And Baby Bruva will wipe me too when he gets bigger!

M: By the time your brother is old enough to wipe you, you better be doing it by yourself.

It's been one of those mornings

christmas surprises

I am so excited for Christmas morning, mostly for H to get to hand out the gifts she's been working on the past few days. It's so awesome that she's old enough to experience the joy of gift-giving, and it's a bonus that I think her family members will genuinely like the gifts. Oh my poor parents and the years of "gifts" they endured from Santa's Secret Shop. Here she is multi-tasking just like mommy.
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Always Thinking

[In the backseat on the way home from school, E throws his toy dragonfly and it ends up in H's lap.]

H to M: How about when Baby Bruva throws his toy at me I get to keep it for a while?

It's official. Our kids are just not that impressed with Santa Claus.

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English muffin pizza night

Since Daddy's at his company Christmas party and E turned in early, H and I made the most of our evening together. Our advent calendar from yesterday (snowman craft ) + our advent calendar from today (dinner by candlelight) + English muffin pizzas = a nostalgic night to remember. #holidayspirit #highlyunsanitary #deliciousanyway On December 11, 2015 at 06:59PM

Post-dinner silliness

H to T, while dancing naked through the living room: "You'll never be a power ranger."

At the end of a long day, sometimes you just need your preschooler to comfort you

H to M, while patting me on the shoulder: "All day long, you do things wrong, but that's ok, sweetie."

Tonight our advent calendar said "play window clings with Daddy." This is how a real man celebrates his birthday. #lastyearunder40 #ichosewisely #shessolucky

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Letter to Santa

She knows him so well

H: Where's baby brother?

M: He's home with daddy.

H: Is he pulling his beard?

I asked H what face she made for her school pictures. #foreheadslap #wewilldefinitelypayforthat #yesherjeansarenotsnapped

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