Famous Last Words

Just in case y'all hadn't figured this out already -

If you are busily painting the bathroom and you hear the 5 year old down the hall say "AJ that was awesome! Let's do it again!" and the 2 1/2 year old replies with "Yeah, that was cool!" you should investigate immediately!

On second thought, maybe one should just not paint the bathroom with a couple of little ones in the house...

A Christmas Dillema

So, I had the kids sit down and do their Christmas lists the other day and they looked something like this...

Dear Santa, I would like a machine robot; a toy dinosaur, and a sword. Love, CJ
- and-
Dear Santa, I want a bear. And a deer at our house so I can open the door and let him come in our house. And a baby deer to come in the window. I put them in the grass! Love, AJ

Now, the first request I can handle (as Santa's stand in), but what on earth do you do with the 2 1/2 year old who is convinced that Santa is going to bring her a deer? And not a toy, stuffed one either (we tried that direction several times). I've also tried asking her again what she wants for Christmas and the answer is always the same - "I telled you Momma. I want deer. One momma deer and one baby deer, but won't let deers in house if you say no deers in house! They go in grass out there (pointing out the window)!"

Between the arrival of a new sister and the deer (or lack thereof) it may be an interesting Christmas. Maybe she'll accept a baby sister in place of a baby deer. One can always hope...