So who's not doing any family stuff for x-mas?
I'm sitting on a cot in my sisters office. 5 days in 29 Palms, CA! Mom is driving up for xmas day. Sis and BiL are having a big shindig with a dozen other Marines/and/or wives of Marines along with rugrats on xmas eve. Should be fun, being a pacifist, left leaning, slightly Paganistic (more to run away from Catholicism) in a room full of Marines. I hope they don't put me to the kid table. I'll do my best to not aire opinions on politics OR religion. oy vey! when in doubt, eat more yummy food!
I'm off to go start Christmas shopping! Wish me luck!
Tom! With ya there. Eeep. I might even go to the mall. Or not. We'll see how it goes. (I did already get kid stuff, but nothing else)
From way back - David - favorite mac things are: watching Toy Story, Lion King or Jungle Book, watching tv (arthur, bob the builder, thomas the tank engine, cyberchase, tom & Jerry, or curious george). He has just started have spurts of 30 minutes of play with toys by himself where he is all animated and speaking Amharic and showing interaction with the toys, not demanding my attention or the tv. Other things are having me pick him up toss him about or hold him on my legs (airplane).
I avoided having to do a lot of Christmas shopping by driving a half hour back to my house in order to retrieve all the gifts (some of them hand-made) that I left sitting on the porch. Oy.
Mom and I are going to go out to IKEA near here, on the theory that there won't be too many last-minute furniture shoppers. Wish us luck!
At my 3 year old's (corporate, totally pc) daycare, last week was "December holidays" week - Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas in Mexico (hee!), and Christmas. It's unclear how much actual theology was taught; they're three, after all. There were, however, treats. But no latkes.
I attended 5th grade in a very multiculti upscale suburb of Boston and loved it that they did lots of different holidays - parents came in and did Chanukah, Diwali, Chinese New Year, etc. I like Chanukah best, for the latkes, natch. Nothing like frying things in hot oil in a classroom with 10 year olds looking on.
In Ohio. Tired.
I'm off to go start Christmas shopping! Wish me luck!
That was my dad's line yesterday. It went ok. May it go well fo you too.
msbelle, I love that throwing and airplane are some of his favorites. At least you've continued to avoid the purple menace.
Things are going surprisingly well, so far. I got to Soho as the stores were opening, so it wasn't wicked crowded like it usually is. I got my Mom a faux fur blanket from Pottery Barn, pre-boxed and wrapped, and my nephew a board game from the Scholastic store.
Next, I'm heading up to Chelsea.
Good going, Tom!
W're heading to the farmer's market shortly. Will be cool. A little literally, but the sun is WARM.
