December 6, 2007
This looks to be a long night, Baby Zach is wanting to be loved, and definitely not wanting to sleep.
Today we went to a party where Santa made an appearance. Lydia told me it was a guy in a costume, not the real Santa. I told her not to spoil it for anyone else. All three of ’em sat on his lap and enjoyed it. Zach slept, looking back on it, maybe I should have got him up for the occasion. Since we don’t get Nickelodeon or Disney or anything like that, my kids are at a loss as for what they “should” want for Christmas. Lydia asked for a train engine to pull her Daisy train car around, and her own set of tracks, the second part is not likely to happen, but maybe we can add to what we already have. Sarah asked for, get this, a goldfish. I am thinking we can swing a goldfish, not sure where to hide him though. I really should get a satellite dish. Santa had a gift for each child, we got Connect 4, Chutes and Ladders, and Memory.
Three new games inspired me to clean out the game closet. We have a zillion games, and didn’t have any of those we received. I found all sorts of things, the hat from our Monopoly game and the missing piece from the Barbie puzzle which has been lost since Kari put it together 10 years ago. I got rid of some games that the step-kids have received. I moved them to a less accessible closet. The games fit in their two shelves like one of those puzzles where you have to put the tiles in the right order by sliding them around. Only I can get anything out of the closet. I did leave the Jenga and Dominoes towards the front, because those are favorites to use as blocks.
My husband did a lousy job of shopping for my birthday present this year. I am not a huge snob about getting gifts, but when someone says, “I need ideas, and it has to be something I can get between 9 and 10 on Sunday morning” you know you are in for something special. Especially when your birthday is Tuesday. I made him go though, because I made a big deal about gift shopping for him with the kids. His b-day was Friday of the same week mine was. I got a notepad with flowers on it. I had asked for stationery, like what I could use for thank yous and such, but I guess I will just use a plain envelope. Today I looked through my Williams-Sonoma catalog, and circled a few things, (I am hoping for the knife) and wrote “Christmas Ideas” on the cover with a magic marker then left it on his dresser. If they have overnight shipping, I guess I could come out ok this Christmas. I still don’t know what to get him though. At least I am thinking about it now.