>My Last Post About Christmas 2005, I Swear
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Creepiest Present Award
It’s alive! It’s ALIVE!
It seemed cute at the time- A fake weasel attached to a ball with a motor inside that makes it roll all over the everywhere. But now that we’ve brought the bugger home, well. It’s creepy. Baby follows it around, intrigued, but the moment it rolls her way, she runs off, shouting, “No, no no no no!”
I do, too.
The New Teen Smut
Nunga Nungas?
My 15-year-old does a lot of reading. That’s a good thing. But when we ordered the titles off her Christmas wish list, this is what showed up. A hella lotta teenage smut. Knocked Out By My Nunga Nungas… If We Kiss… Boy Proof… And we thought Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret? was racy…
Love is Still in the Air
No calories, either! Heh heh.
This was hands-down my favorite present this year- A box of chocolate truffles from The Chocolate Fetish in Asheville, NC. Hubs and I went to Asheville a few years ago on a weekend getaway and happened across this place, which makes champagne-infused truffles dusted in 24-carat, edible gold. It was featured in the LA Times as one of the top chocolate makers in the world. Eating the truffles was one charming experience on an incredible vacation.
So he secretly had a box shipped out for Christmas. How romantic. Seriously.
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And that’s it. We survived. We spent lots of family time together, something that’s suddenly increasingly difficult with all the adolescent angst wafting through the house. We played card games and watched movies and ate Chinese food and Christmas cookies and Hummingbird cake.
Tomorrow, the girls will fly to visit their mother and I’ll be without them for a week- the longest amount of time we will have been apart since they moved here this past summer. If it’s anything like the last times they’ve been away, I’ll relish in the down time for about a day and a half- then I’ll start missing them like crazy and feeling completely bored. Then I’ll do something manic like redecorate their rooms as a surprise for when they return.
Hope everyone out there had a swell holiday.
>Hope you can enjoy your break from teenagerdom.
>I have the weezle. Mickey cat loves it. Grandpa cat just stares nonchalntly and then walks away.
>Glad to hear everyone came out of it still kicking. I’ll bet you miss the older girls way sooner this time–fewer people to spell you pushing Baby around…:)
>a boys size LARGE? with the sensor attached??? did he lift it?? haha!!
>No redecorating the rooms, just come here and clean my garage or something.Glad you had fun Christmas. We did, too.
>Yeah, the Ralph Lauren shirt was bad. Really bad.I’m salivating over the chocolates now. And I’m going to find this place in Ashville and go there.Glad you had a good family time this Christmas!
>Is ‘Little Tykes’ run by shorter-than-average people? WHY dowsn’t the thing have a long handle in back (like a wagon) so you could push withoutgetting rug burns on your knees?
>I have asked myself that very same question…
>So glad you had a wonderful time.. I love the look of glee on your daughter’s face on that trike.. As for the chocolates, anytime you want my address, you are welcome..*grin*Minerva
>I have nominated you..because I think you are terrific and I am tired of soppy ‘mommy’ blogs… Now please just go out there and WIN!!Minervahttp://www.thebestofblogs.com/nominations/best-mommy-blog/
>We had a good one, Lucinda. I would freak at that weasel toy!
>I love that first picture!Priceless.
>Ha, I love the gift recap. Lauren loves to Evil Knievel on the seat of the ride-on. Kid’s going to kill herself one of these days.Your husband wears a boy’s large shirt??? What were they thinking?Hmmm, thanks for the book titles. I was looking for some new smut to read. 😉
>I curse myself, as well, for the Slurpee Maker I bought my daughter. It took me an hour to slurp out a drink for my kids. I hate that thing. I should have known better, after she got an Easy Bake Oven from my friend last year. We need a “Parental Involvement Required” alarm for these toys we consider buying. Because isn’t the purpose of the toy to distract the kid and keep her busy so we can get a break? Isn’t that the purpose?
>We have a weasel ball, too.
>My mother bought me a gorgeous skirt in a size 4 the Xmas after I gave birth to the Camper.I hadn’t been a size four since I was ten years old, so I’m not why she’d think that’d fit over my post-partum self.Thanks, mom.
>What’s hummingbird cake? It sounds so good.
>The books? Thanks for showing me what NOT to buy! Jeeze!The truffles? I hate you! 😛 You ARE going to send me the addy for that place right? Please?The time away from the older girls? Enjoy it, or at least try to. That you will miss them is too sweet. Trust me, they’ll miss you too!
>I’m a dark-chocolate fanatic. And I love the exotic stuff–like Vosges. My sister lives in Asheville. How is it that I do not know about this company? She’s keeping it from me! There will be hell to pay!
>Ruby- Here’s a link to the recipe and a picture of my most recent Hummingbird cake…http://chefmom.blogspot.com/2005/10/hummingbird-cake-in-honor-of-angie.html
>Just playing catch-up on your blog since I’ve been out of town. This was HILarious. Especially the shirt. I am going to have to show the Hubs that one–it will make him feel better. That polo logo was HUGE! HA!We did the same thing with our toddler…got her a “Barbie” big wheel thing, thinking she could pedal. She can’t reach the pedals, so we will have to break our backs pushing her to keep up with big brother on his new bike. Damn it…