This frozen lasagna came with both OVEN and MICROWAVE instructions… and a little sarcasm!?
Stella was happy she didn’t have to wear the doggie santa suit this year since we were too busy with Max’s FIRST Christmas! But she did notice that the gifts had been getting all the attention – so near the end of our unwrapping, she put herself in the mix under the tree – hoping we’d pick her up too!
The first Christmas: when wrapping paper itself is more interesting than what’s underneath it.
Another holiday. Another holiday dilemma. Do we really pretend there’s a Santa Claus for Max? And buy, buy, buy? And if not, how do we one day explain to a THREE year old that Santa doesn’t really exist when all his friends (or at least all his non-Jewish friends) DO have a Santa that visits THEM? (Sigh.) We just do the Santa thing. And explain later. Easier to ride the horse in the direction it’s going sometimes. We’ll just be sure to throw a little more meaning into the holiday — not just Santa and toys!
It’s a FIRST for many things this year. Max’s first Christmas. His first visit to Santa. The first year I bake cookes as a MOM. And the first year I cook a turkey.
Yes I know what you’re thinking, how could this be my FIRST year cooking a turkey? Well, most the time I was home for Christmas where my mom is in charge of turkey cooking. And on the years I wasn’t home, I bought a pre-cooked turkey. Why spend all day cooking a turkey for only 2? But since there’s now Max, making it 3, I guess the all day turkey cooking is worth it.
Hope you all have a great weekend – whether you’re celebrating Christmas or just enjoying some yummy spiked egg nog.
Max was standing before he was crawling. We’d try to get him to crawl, but all he wanted to do was work on standing up! Now he crawls around some, but still, all he REALLY wants to do is stand. He loves it!
The only thing is, he needs to be holding on to something or he’ll fall down, so he ends up standing there, holding on to the gate unable to do anything else. But he doesn’t care. He’d rather stand there than play with his toys.
My parents sent a table toy that he loves, so now he can do both: stand AND play at the same time. But we sit with him while plays with it since (when not holding on to something) he’s flat on his back in 2 minutes if we’re not there to catch him.
Some day soon his balance will be there. Then one foot in front of the other. And that’s when we’re in trouble. It’s time to kid-proof the house. Now!
